01687 a2200229 4500 11241 IN-BhIIT 20260111172509.0 251223b |||||||| |||| 00| 0 eng d 9780525562719 (pbk.) IN-BhIIT eng 814 OGI/G O’Gieblyn, Meghan Author 26876 God, human, animal, machine : technology, metaphor, and the search for meaning / Meghan O’Gieblyn New York : Vintage, 2022. 287 p. : ill. ; 20 cm . Includes bibliographies and index. For most of human history the world was a magical and enchanted place ruled by forces beyond our understanding. The rise of science and Descartes's division of mind from world made materialism our ruling paradigm, in the process asking whether our own consciousness—i.e., souls—might be illusions. Now the inexorable rise of technology, with artificial intelligences that surpass our comprehension and control, and the spread of digital metaphors for self-understanding, the core questions of existence—identity, knowledge, the very nature and purpose of life itself—urgently require rethinking. Meghan O'Gieblyn tackles this challenge with philosophical rigor, intellectual reach, essayistic verve, refreshing originality, and an ironic sense of contradiction. She draws deeply and sometimes humorously from her own personal experience as a formerly religious believer still haunted by questions of faith, and she serves as the best possible guide to navigating the territory we are all entering. American essays (English) 26990 GEN 14977 14977 0 0 ddc 0 0 GEN CLIITBBS CLIITBBS 2025-03-06 22 824.25 0 814 OGI/G 11241 2025-03-06 00:00:00 1099.00 2025-03-06 GEN