Tomorrow's People: How 21st Century Technology Is Changing The Way We Think And Feel

Is human nature about to change forever? Can you envisage a world where everything we take for granted about ourselves - imagination, free will, love, learning, memory, desire - becomes obsolete?

In this book acclaimed neuroscientist Susan Greenfield shows that, at the beginning of the twenty-first century, we are standing on the brink of a mind makeover more cataclysmic than anything in our history. The science and technology that are already at the heart of our lives may soon transform not just the way we live but also the way we think and feel. And as we learn to appreciate the dynamism and sensitivity of our brain circuitry the prospect of directly tampering with the very essence of our individuality becomes increasingly likely.

Susan Greenfield's passionate and profound book concludes that we need to find a wide range of ways to harness technology to ensure a stable world, and preserve a sense of purpose and identity in our own lives. We may be the last generation still able and willing to do so.