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

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Michael Silverblatt

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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 an overview of the series or excerpts from:
Tom Wolfe's I Am Charlotte Simmons
Margaret Atwood's Oryx and Crake
John Banville's Shroud

Guests:

Tom Wolfe: author, 'I Am Charlotte Simmons'
Margaret Atwood: author, 'Oryx and Crake', @MargaretAtwood
John Banville: author, 'Shroud'

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