The 2021 book God, Human, Animal, Machine by Meghan O'Gieblyn — subtitled "technology, metaphor, and the search for meaning" — is a heavily first-person extended musing about mind, religion, philosophy, and artificial intelligence. It's well-written, thoughtful, and raises excellent questions, especially about overly-simplistic transhumanism and other popular positions among folks who haven't looked far into the history of these topics. The newest New Idea isn't always (or even often) the Last Word! O'Gieblyn is fun to read, quirky, and full of things to argue with, or about.

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