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1 online resource (326 pages) |
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Cover ; Half Title ; Title Page ; Copyright Page ; Dedication ; Contents ; Transaction Introduction; Preface ; Acknowledgments ; Prologue: Creating the Human Future; How We Will Get There-The Building Blocks of Vitalization; An Emerging Vision of Human Destiny; A Truly Human Factor; 1. Dominionization: Humanity Ventures Forth and Learns Nature's Ways; Dominionization's Apex in the Macroindustrial Era; Dominionization over Inner Space: The Promise of Nanotechnology; Dominionization's Energy; HAARP, Tesla, and the Coming Magnetic Storm; Dominionization's Timeline |
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2. Biogenesis: Creating the Prototype for the Next Human BeingGenes and the Human Factor; At the Brink of Immortality; Biogenesis and Nanotechnology; Cloning and the Perfection of Humanity; The Many Faces of Biogenesis; Evolution on Our Terms; 3. Cybergenesis: Of Men and the Smart Machine; Adding to the Measure of Man; Smart Machines Making Us Smarter; Cybergenesis and Human Destiny; 4. Species Coalescence; The Global Transportation Grid; The Universal Production/Consumption System; The Planetary Communications System; Species Coalescence and Virilization |
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Species Coalescence versus the ""Global Brain"" Phenomenon5. Vitalizing the Universe: In the Heavens as It Is on Earth; A Torrent of Activity; Mars: The First Vital Step; Terraformation; How Vitalizing the Cosmos Will Change Mankind; 6. The Expansionary Vision of Human Development; The Emerging Sense of Destiny; The Universe Beckons: The Coming Dominance of Anthropic Cosmology; Humankind's Purposive Self-Development; On Destiny and the Human Species; 7. The Creation of the Humaniverse; Visions of the Humaniverse; The Gift of Consciousness; Species Coalescence, across the Cosmos, over Time |
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The Humaniverse, Not Gaia8. The Battle for the Future; The Assault on the Idea of Humankind's Uniqueness; Cosmology Counts; The Battle over Growth and Scientific Progress; Epilogue: At the Threshold of the Expansionary Age; Appendix: Related Web Sites; Notes; Index |
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Print version record |
| Subject |
Technological forecasting.
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Technological forecasting
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Electronic book
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| Author |
Zey, Michael
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Zey, Michael G
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| ISBN |
9781351482509 |
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1351482505 |
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