Jenny Kleeman

Predstavte si sex bez kompromisov, šťavnatý stejk bez nutnosti zabíjať zvieratá, tehotenstvo bez strachu z predčasného pôrodu a bezbolestnú smrť v čase, ktorý si zvolíte. Život by bol lepší, však? Priekopníci na celom svete sa usilujú pretaviť tento sen do reality. Najchúlostivejšie problémy ľudstva sa snažia vyriešiť prostredníctvom nových technológií. Mäso zo skúmavky, umelá maternica, sexuálni roboti, stroje na asistovanú samovraždu. Čaká nás budúcnosť, v ktorej technický a vedecký pokrok zmení našu podstatu. Mnohí si myslia, že technika ľudské životy zdokonalí, zbaví obetí, problémov – oslobodí. No ani najbystrejší vizionári nedokážu predvídať, kam inovácie ľudstvo dostanú. Napokon, nerobia z nás práve tieto „problémy“ ľudské bytosti? Jenny Kleeman ide ďalej a kladie si aj etické otázky. Kde sú naše hranice? A čo skutočne motivuje ľudí, ktorí sa na pokroku podieľajú? Kniha Sex bez ľudí, mäso bez zvierat je brilantná a pútavá reportáž, ktorá skepticky hľadí na nové možnosti.

We say that life is priceless. Yet the cost of saving a life, creating a life or compensating for a life taken is routinely calculated and put into practice. In a world in love with data, it is possible to run a cost-benefit analysis on anything – including life itself. For philanthropists, judges, criminals, healthcare providers and government ministers, it’s just part of the job. In The Price of Life, journalist, broadcaster and documentary-maker Jenny Kleeman takes us on an adventure to meet some of the people who decide what we're worth. In a series of extraordinary encounters – with people who have faked their own death or lost a loved one to terrorism, with hitmen and with modern day slaves – she discovers more questions than answers. What does it mean for our humanity when we crunch the numbers to decide who gets the expensive life-saving drugs, and who misses out? What do we learn about ourselves when philanthropic giving by the effective altruists in Silicon Valley is received by some, while others are left to suffer? Are some lives really worth more than others? And what happens when we take human emotions out of the equation? Does it make for a fairer decision-making process – or for moral bankruptcy? Exploring the final frontier in monetization, Kleeman asks what we lose and what we gain by leaving the judgments that really matter up to cold, hard logic.