TechnoCalyps

TechnoCalyps

Are we prepared for dealing with the prospect that humanity is not the end of evolution?

Part of Technocalyps

2006•2h 36m•6.0/10

DocumentaryScience Fiction

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6.0/10(5)

Are we prepared for dealing with the prospect that humanity is not the end of evolution? Technocalyps is an intriguing three-part documentary on the notion of transhumanism by Belgian visual artist and filmmaker Frank Theys. The latest findings in genetics, robotics, artificial intelligence, bionics and nanotechnology appear in the media every day, but with no analysis of their common aim: that of exceeding human limitations. The director conducts his enquiry into the scientific, ethical and metaphysical dimensions of technological development.

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Terence McKenna

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