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Beyond Identity--A Dark Vision (Part 9 of 10) Episode | KCRW's Bookworm

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Beyond Identity--A Dark Vision (Part 9 of 10)

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Entered in Database : 2006-01-31 00:00:00
length : 10426726
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Tom Wolfe, Margaret Atwood and John Banville
Tom Wolfe discusses neuroscience and its view that there is no such thing as identity--a powerful computer might be able to predict human behavior. He speculates on the coming of a vast psychological depression. Margaret Atwood talks about the coming threat to identity by cloning and genetic experimentation The Irish writer John Banville rails that identity does not exist. You can read anoverview of the seriesor excerpts from:Tom Wolfe'sI Am Charlotte SimmonsMargaret Atwood'sOryx and CrakeJohn Banville'sShroud

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