F rench ▁male ▁film ▁actors ▁Category : F rench ▁male ▁television ▁actors ▁Category : Pe ople ▁from ▁M oul ins , ▁Al lier <0x0A> </s> ▁To ▁Be ▁a ▁Machine : ▁Advent ures ▁Among ▁Cy borg s , ▁U top ians , ▁H ack ers , ▁and ▁the ▁Fut ur ists ▁Sol ving ▁the ▁Mod est ▁Problem ▁of ▁Death ▁is ▁a ▁ 2 0 1 7 ▁non f iction ▁book ▁by ▁S late ▁column ist ▁and ▁literary ▁journalist ▁Mark ▁O ' Con nell . ▁The ▁book ▁is ▁a ▁b ree zy , ▁but ▁ske pt ical , ▁g on zo - j ournal istic ▁tour ▁of ▁trans human ism ▁and ▁radical ▁life ▁extension . ▁It ▁chron icles ▁O ' Con nell ' s ▁travel s ▁around ▁the ▁world ▁to ▁interview ▁prominent ▁trans human ists . ▁ ▁Description ▁Inter view ees ▁range ▁from ▁main stream ▁figures , ▁such ▁as ▁computer ▁scient ist ▁Stuart ▁J . ▁Russell , ▁to ▁more ▁color ful ▁individuals , ▁such ▁as ▁Z ol tan ▁Ist van , ▁who ▁ran ▁for ▁the ▁American ▁Pres iden cy ▁on ▁the ▁" Im mort ality ▁T icket ". ▁Much ▁of ▁the ▁book ▁focus es ▁on ▁radical ▁life ▁extension ▁( the ▁desire ▁to ▁engineer ▁imm ort ality ); ▁in ▁addition , ▁O ' Con nell ▁vis its ▁a ▁group ▁of ▁" gr ind ers " ▁in ▁Pitts burgh ▁who ▁surg ically ▁impl ant ▁sens ors ▁into ▁themselves . ▁O ' Con nell ▁makes ▁it ▁clear ▁that ▁he ▁personally ▁cho oses ▁to ▁reject ▁trans human ist ▁philosophy