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# We Have the Technology: How Biohackers, Foodies, Physicians, and Scientists Are Transforming Human Perception, One Sense at a Time

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- **What is this?** We Have the Technology: How Biohackers, Foodies, Physicians, and Scientists Are Transforming Human Perception, One Sense at a Time by kara platoni
- **How much does it cost?** € 35.97 with free shipping
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              Booklist&#x201C;[A] fascinating, often mind-boggling report on the fast-growing world of sensory science&#x2026;Sometimes glowingly optimistic, and sometimes unnerving, Platoni&apos;s overview previews a fast-approaching future of widespread sensory manipulation that demonstrates humankind is truly &#x2018;on the cusp of tinkering with its own evolution.&apos;&#x201D;Kirkus&#x201C;Consistently fascinating, witty, and candid&#x2026; Engrossing techno-science delivered with gusto and sure to reach a varied audience.&#x201D;Library Journal&#x201C;All readers will find something in this journalistic text that doesn&apos;t shy away from tough issues such as privacy and trauma.&#x201D;City Journal&#x201C;[A] fine book.&#x201D;East Bay Express&#x201C;With her rich reporting and narrative writing, Platoni provides readers with an accessible and engaging firsthand account of the inventions that are likely to shape science, technology, and human perception for many years to come.&#x201D;New York Magazine, 7 Books You Need to Read This December&#x201C;Eschewing both the glib hyperbole of techno-futurists and the finger-wagging of neo-Luddites, Platoni takes her notebook on a whistle-stop tour of sensory pioneers: AI developers, VR engineers, pain analysts, flavor enhancers, and even a few people who really are making the world a better place. Her focus on the senses raises smart questions about the pliable boundaries of human perception and the very real limits of technology &#x2014; at least in primitive 2015.&#x201D;Los Angeles Times&#x201C;Oakland journalist Platoni explores new research that shows how sensory perception and human experience are unexpectedly complicated and changeable.&#x201D;San Francisco Chronicle&#x201C;Platoni is a good match for this fascinating, sometimes fraught subject. She&apos;s an industrious gatherer of facts and anecdotes. She has a talent for explaining complex ideas in clear language. And in this book, her first, she&apos;s crafted a thought-provoking group portrait of the innovative thinkers who, in ways subtle and not so, are reimagining what the brain and the body can do&#x2026; She&apos;s the antithesis of an armchair reporter.&#x201D;Joshua Davis, author of Spare Parts: Four Undocumented Teenagers, One Ugly Robot, and the Battle for the American Dream&#x201C;The cutting edge takes on literal meaning in We Have the Technology, as Kara Platoni introduces us to the biohackers, surgeons, perfumers, chefs, and patients pushing the boundaries of reality by inserting perception-altering technologies inside their bodies. Deeply reported and deftly told, We Have the Technology draws back the curtain on a brave new world in which being a hacker means hacking oneself.&#x201D;Washington Post&#x201C;[We Have the Technology is a] scrupulously researched&#x2026;thought-provoking book&#x2026;A whirlwind tour of the senses and the ways technology may or may not enhance them through methods both fantastic and mundane&#x2026;Platoni is a wonderful explicator of technology who weaves memorable and vivid metaphors to illustrate difficult concepts.&#x201D;Bay Area News Group, San Jose Mercury News, Contra Costa Times, and Oakland Tribune&#x201C;Kara Platoni melds complex concepts of biotech and human sensory enhancement in her new book, We Have the Technology&#x2026;it shows us just how far modern technology has come -- and how wild and crazy it&apos;s going to get.&#x201D;Shelf Awareness for Readers newsletter&#x201C;[We Have the Technology is] an examination of how the creative world of sensory science is changing our understanding and perceptions of reality.&#x201D;Publishers Weekly, starred review&#x201C;[An] enthusiastic review of research into human senses and ways they might be improved.... [W]holly engrossing.... This is a superb account of human perception and the first, clunky but potentially breathtaking efforts to expand it.&#x201D;
                
              
            
            
          
        
          
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              An award-winning journalist investigates how scientists and citizens around the world are re-tooling our senses-and what their discoveries are teaching us about the nature and future of human perception
                
              
            
            
          
        
        
        
          
            
            
              
              
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## Customer Reviews

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    Science Page-Turner, my Reality
  

*by K***S on Reviewed in the United States on 12 January 2016*

I knew that reality is synthesized in my head but I had no idea that language can drive what I taste or that culture can determine how I express emotion. What? So language and culture shape my reality? That's one of my gems from the book. But you will likely find your own surprises. The book is a well researched guided tour of research labs, basements, and even bars, where scientists and others are puzzling about human perception and ways to augment perception. It's all nicely tied together with a story arc (that I won't reveal here). Oh, did I mention page-turner?

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    Not a bad book, just not of great interest to me
  

*by P***A on Reviewed in the United States on 19 June 2018*

It merchandises common information. Not a bad book, just not of great interest to me.

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    Interesting topic, but first several chapters are essentially a ...
  

*by K***J on Reviewed in the United States on 5 March 2016*

Interesting topic, but first several chapters are essentially a repeat of the same general concept that we cant identify something because we don't have a word for it.

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