Steven Poole

Tomorrow’s world | 1 September 2016

Our descendants may end up living indefinitely, but they won’t be allowed to vote, according to startling new predictions about the illiberal, machine-driven future

issue 03 September 2016

  • Homo Deus: A Brief History of Tomorrow

    Yuval Noah Harari

    Harvill Secker, pp. 428

  • Make Way for the Superhumans: How the Science of Bio-Enhancement is Transforming Our World and How We Need to Deal With It

    Michael Bess

    Icon, pp. 298

It may be difficult to believe when you think of Donald Trump, but the age of super-humans is almost upon us. Some people are confident that over the next century genetic engineering, electronic implants, new drugs and the medical defeat of ageing will give rise to a race of beings with capabilities far beyond our own.

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