Foreword

Let’s face it, the world is moving quickly into a future full of uncertainty. One where for the first time in history, human beings may no longer be classified as a mammal. One where technology will naturally be a part of man’s evolutionary footprint.

There are many people today that have done the research. They understand the future we are inevitably walking into. Technology is growing faster than it ever has before. There will come a day where man will build machines that match and then supersede his intelligence.

These groups use different words to describe the new era: Transhumanist, posthuman, techno-optimism, cyborgism, humanity+, immortalist, machine intelligence, robotopia, life extension, or Singularity.

While there is overlap, ...

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