Hybrid Humans: Dispatches from the Frontiers of Man and Machine
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By Harry Parker
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SHORTLISTED FOR THE 2022 BARBELLION PRIZE
A BBC Radio 4 Book of the Week
As seen on Sky Arts Book Club with Elizabeth Day and Andi Oliver
An eye-opening account of disability, identity, and how robotics and technology are changing what it means to be human – from the bestselling author of Anatomy of a Soldier
Harry Parker’s life changed overnight, when he lost his legs to an IED in Afghanistan. That took him into an often surprising landscape of a very human kind of hacking, and he wondered, are all humans becoming hybrids?
Parker introduces us to the exhilarating breadth of human invention – and intervention. Grappling with his own new identity and disability, he discovers the latest robotics, tech and implants that might lead us to powerful, liberating possibilities for what a body can be.
‘I loved Hybrid Humans. A way of looking at the future without nostalgia for the past’ – Jeanette Winterson
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This was an interesting read for our group. Something very different and very thought provoking.
It introduced lots of discussions about how technology has changed prosthesis from the wooden leg to the hi-tech leg that Harry Parker has. it is truly amazing.
There are lots of passages in this book that really make you think. One in particular we kept coming back to is when Harry talks about his weight and what percentage of him is now hybrid.
Harry is a real inspiration. This book is a must read for any group.
