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, , , bestselling author Steven Kotler has written extensively about those pivotal moments when science fiction became science factand fundamentally reshaped the world. Now he gathers the best of his best, updated and expanded upon, to guide readers on a mind-bending tour of the far frontier, and how these advances are radically transforming our lives. From the ways science and technology are fundamentally altering our bodies and our world (the worlds first bionic soldier, the future of evolution) to those explosive collisions between science and culture (life extension and bioweapons), were crossing moral and ethical lines weve never faced before.As Kotler writes, Life is tricky sportand that's the emotional core of this story, the real reason we cant put Pandora back in the box. When you strip everything else away, technology is nothing more than the promise of an easier tomorrow. Its the promise of hope. And how do you stop hope?Join Kotler in this fascinating exploration of our incredible next: a deep dive into those future technologies happening nowand what it means to be a part of this brave new world.