“Reinstalling Eden: Happiness on a hard drive”

Title“Reinstalling Eden: Happiness on a hard drive”
Year for Search2013
AuthorsSchwitzgebel, Eric, and Bakker, R. Scott(b. 1967)
Secondary TitleNature
Volume / Edition503.7477
Pagination562
Date PublishedNovember 28, 2013
KeywordsCanadian author, Male author, US author
Annotation

A scientist creates humans within a computer and builds a eutopia for them. The scientist that follows reveals their true nature to them, and they then take over their own destiny and, ultimately, that of the world outside the computer.

Illustration

Illus. Jacey

Author Note

Schwitzgebel is a professor of philosophy at the University of California, Riverside; Bakker (b. 1967) is a Canadian author.

Full Text

2013 Schwitzgebel, Eric and R. Scott Bakker (b. 1967). “Reinstalling Eden: Happiness on a hard drive.” Illus. Jacey. Nature. 503.7477 (November 28, 2013): 562.

A scientist creates humans within a computer and builds a eutopia for them. The scientist that follows reveals their true nature to them, and they then take over their own destiny and, ultimately, that of the world outside the computer. Schwitzgebel is a professor of philosophy at the University of California, Riverside; Bakker is a Canadian author.