Technolife 2020

by Gresh, Lois H.

• ISBN13: 9781550224597
• ISBN10: 155022459X
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2001-10-01
• Publisher: Ecw Pr

Summary

If you're curious about tomorrow, you've come to the right place. Blending fiction and nonfiction, Lois Gresh's Techno Life 2020 is the first book of its kind. While many books predict the future, none focuses on one day in the life of an ordinary man and backs up the fiction with hard-based facts about tomorrow's science. The left pages are fiction, the right pages are fact. From the intimate perspective of a voyeur, we explore every facet of Joe Leinster's life: Love and Sex, Entertainment, Medicine and Dentistry, Work, Education, Transportation, Family, Food, Sleep. We watch everyman Joe struggle to keep his sanity while he chases the elusive and exotic glamour babe of tomorrow, Sherry Anne Scaturro. We pop inside Sherry Annes head and go with her to the shrink, the gynecologist, and the high-tech job where she puts the ultimate screws on poor Joe. Virtual love, virtual work, junk food that's good for you, self-monitoring of brain waves and psycho-cyber drugs, cosmetic surgery at your fingertips and in your own house; indeed, a house that responds to your ev

Table of Contents

Preface The Launching Pad	13	(6)
Acknowledgments	19	(4)
PART I COME LEI WITH ME
Joe Makes Love to the Fish	23	(10)
Joe Begs Hot Mary for ChiChi Bong	33	(12)
Joe Meets an SWDCBNU	45	(10)
Joe Seduces ChiChi Bong	55	(12)
Sherry Gets Physical	67	(12)
Sherry Gets Mental	79	(6)
Joe Meets the Love of His Life: The Egg Donor Hooker Comes to Visit	85	(14)
Joe and the Giant Beeflounders	99	(10)
Sherry Gets Physical and Mental	109	(12)
Joe Learns the Truth	121	(16)
PART II SUPPORTING DETAILS
Overview: Fiction and Science	137	(8)
Basic Trends in Genetics Fundamental Principles	145	(28)
Increased Genetic Testing	149	(3)
Elimination of Diseases	152	(4)
New Types of Drugs	156	(2)
Increased Life Expectancy	158	(7)
Boom in Genetic Modifications	165	(1)
Proliferation of Made-to-Order Babies	166	(4)
New Types of Plants and Animals	170	(3)
Basic Trends in Computer Technology Fundamental Principles	173	(26)
Increased Miniaturization, Power and Capacity	177	(3)
Increased Knowledge about Artificial Intelligence	180	(5)
Proliferation of Smart Materials and Devices	185	(7)
Merging of Flesh and Steel: Biotech and Nanotech	192	(7)
Appendix References	199