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- ↑ "Posthuman Rights: Dimensions of Transhuman Worlds". Teknokultura. Revista de Cultura Digital y Movimientos Sociales (in European Spanish). 12 (2). 2015. Retrieved June 4, 2022.
- ↑ Articles published in The Journal of Evolution and Technology , Acceler8or, H+ Magazine , and others.
- ↑ Evans, Woody (2016). "Cyberspace is the Child of the Industrial Age - Defining it as Independent is Nonsense". Institute for Ethics and Emerging Technologies .
- ↑ Glyndwr University, Library & Information Practice Program
- ↑ "Them Skulls".
- ↑ "FreakAngels: Volumes 1-6".
- ↑ "The Future We Deserve".
