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Harry Parker's life changed overnight when he lost his legs to an IED in Afghanistan. That took him into an often surprising landscape of a very human kind of hacking, and he wondered, are all humans hybrids? Whether it's putting on contact lenses every day or DIY biohackers tinkering in garages, Parker introduces us to the exhilarating breadth of human invention - and intervention. Grappling with his own new identity and disability, he discovers the latest robotics, tech and implants that might lead us to powerful, liberating possibilities for what a body can be.

In the rapidly evolving landscape of technology and its impact on human society, few concepts have garnered as much attention and fascination as the Singularity. Coined by the visionary futurist Raymond Kurzweil, the Singularity represents a moment of profound transformation, where the boundaries between humanity, machines, and artificial intelligence blur into an interconnected and unprecedented future.