The journalist Peter Nowak discusses his new book Humans 3.0: The Upgrading of the Species (Goose Lane, 2015), with Joseph Planta.

Humans 3.0: The Upgrading of the Species by Peter Nowak (Goose Lane Editions, 2015). Click to buy this book from Amazon.ca: Humans 3.0

Text of introduction by Joseph Planta:

I am Planta: On the Line, in Vancouver, at TheCommentary.ca.

Peter Nowak joins me again. He’s written an engaging new book, Humans 3.0: The Upgrading of the Species. Technology over the past decade and a half has ramped up where we’re constantly seeing innovation on a daily basis thanks to it. So this not only affects how we live, and how much longer we live, but it’s affecting ourselves in a way we may not have thought of heretofore. Throughout Mr. Nowak’s book we get instances of how what it means to be human is changing. I’ll get him to tell us about some of those things, good and bad, that are affecting how we are as a species. Technology, Peter Nowak contends, that set us apart from our earliest selves is now becoming part of the evolutionary process. It’ll be interesting to see what all this means for sustainability and livability on the planet. Peter Nowak is an award winning journalist and the bestselling author of Sex, Bombs, and Burgers: How War, Porn and Fast Food Created Technology as We Know It. He was on with that book in 2010. He’s a syndicated blogger from Maclean’s, Canadian Business, and contributes regularly to the Globe and Mail, the Huffington Post, the CBC, and other sundry outlets. The website for more is at www.wordsbynowak.com. The book is published by Goose Lane Editions. Please welcome back to the Planta: On the Line program, in Toronto today, Peter Nowak; Mr. Nowak, good morning.

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