Official Review: Super You

James Craft · Post by **James Craft** » 09 Feb 2017, 08:56

[Following is an official OnlineBookClub.org review of "Super You" by Andy Walker and Kay Walker and Sean Carruthers.]

4 out of 4 stars

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Super You by Andy Walker and Kay Walker and Sean Carruthers is a non-fiction book about the future of technology. It is particularly aimed at technology in medicine and the ways in which technology will change the way we treat patients and cure diseases. It breaks down a lot of modern technologies, such as cosmetic surgery, 3-D printing, and cyborgs, to show how the world is constantly evolving.

In addition to the ‘what’ and ‘when’ of the technology, they also explain the ‘why’. It was interesting to learn how many of these technological advancements came into being and what social or political change led to their development. I learned something new in every section of the book, even when it was a technology I was familiar with prior to reading this book.

The book felt very clean and refined as I made my way through it. There were not a lot of extraneous details spread throughout to take up space. Even when they were throwing numbers at the reader, the authors did an amazing job of making the information easy to understand. I appreciated this because I feel that this topic is incredibly important to our future and more people need to engage with it. This book can serve as an excellent introduction for people who don’t really know much about modern technology but would like to learn.

The authors make a lot of interesting claims throughout this work: for example, during the chapter about human beauty they discuss the idea that women are less likely to be satisfied with their bodies than men, and they have the data to back it up. They are also able to show that attractive people are more likely to receive circumstantial benefits from society they might not even realize they are getting. All of it relates back to the overall topic of the chapter about how technology is making it possible for people change their bodies in radical ways that would not have been possible using with cosmetic surgery. People want to make changes, and now they can in new and exciting ways, but we also have to ask ourselves: how far will it go?

My favorite section of the book was about longevity and the idea that human beings might overcome death one day. They list out the ways in which people die and the idea of old-age and super-agers. The technology that might help us solve the problem of living longer is still incredibly young, but I think it is fascinating and the authors did an amazing job of explaining where the field is currently and what we can expect in the future.

This book stands out as one of the best non-fiction works I’ve read in a long time. Super You by Andy Walker and Kay Walker and Sean Carruthers earns an easy 4 out of 4 stars from me because it does such an amazing job of not only explaining what technologies are coming, but also how those technologies came to be. Anyone who is interested in non-fiction explanations of modern technological advancements will truly enjoy this book and everything it has to offer.

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Post by **kandscreeley** » 10 Feb 2017, 09:03

Wow! I don't read much non-fiction, but this sounds very interesting. It would be great to see where technology will be taking medicine in the future.

James Craft · Post by **James Craft** » 10 Feb 2017, 09:22

kandscreeley wrote:Wow! I don't read much non-fiction, but this sounds very interesting. It would be great to see where technology will be taking medicine in the future.

Yeah some really cool and useful information in this one! I'm really glad I picked it up!

Wasif Ahmed · Post by **Wasif Ahmed** » 11 Feb 2017, 06:18

I definitely am curious to find out these things. This book is going into my Want to Read Shelf. A great and well written by the way.
Congratulations to the author on getting the highest possible rating!?

James Craft · Post by **James Craft** » 12 Feb 2017, 15:12

Wasif Ahmed wrote:I definitely am curious to find out these things. This book is going into my Want to Read Shelf. A great and well written by the way.
Congratulations to the author on getting the highest possible rating!?

I am sure you will enjoy reading it! They really earned the rating and I think this book is great for a lot of people!

jhmende · Post by **jhmende** » 13 Feb 2017, 17:42

This book sounds really interesting! Awesome review!

James Craft · Post by **James Craft** » 14 Feb 2017, 08:53

jhmende wrote:This book sounds really interesting! Awesome review!

Thanks very much and thanks for stopping by!

IsabooCrawfish35 · Post by **IsabooCrawfish35** » 19 Feb 2017, 14:08

This sounds like an interesting book. Will put it on my books to read shelf.

James Craft · Post by **James Craft** » 21 Feb 2017, 08:10

IsabooCrawfish35 wrote:This sounds like an interesting book. Will put it on my books to read shelf.

I hope you enjoy it! Thank you so much for stopping by!

kimmyschemy06 · Post by **kimmyschemy06** » 01 Mar 2017, 09:40

Sounds like a very interesting book. I'm actually technologically challenged, but you made it sound like this book can be easily understood by an old school like myself. Good job on the review. Congratulations to Andy Walker, Kay Walker and Sean Carruthers on such an obviously well written book.

James Craft · Post by **James Craft** » 01 Mar 2017, 11:39

kimmyschemy06 wrote:Sounds like a very interesting book. I'm actually technologically challenged, but you made it sound like this book can be easily understood by an old school like myself. Good job on the review. Congratulations to Andy Walker, Kay Walker and Sean Carruthers on such an obviously well written book.

Definitely agree with everything you said! Thanks so much for stopping by and I hope you enjoy the book!

Lincoln · Post by **Lincoln** » 16 Mar 2017, 10:39

Wow, this stuff is crazy. I know things like this exist out there in the world, but it certainly puts things in a new perspective. Thanks for the review, and I might check this one out to see some of this craziness myself.

James Craft · Post by **James Craft** » 16 Mar 2017, 10:53

Lincoln wrote:Wow, this stuff is crazy. I know things like this exist out there in the world, but it certainly puts things in a new perspective. Thanks for the review, and I might check this one out to see some of this craziness myself.

Thanks for stopping by! Certainly a lot of things in this book are mind blowing and crazy, and I hope you enjoy reading it!