Prologue: what a long, transhuman trip it has already been -- In the cause-and-effect zone -- Level I and II technology : effectiveness, progress, and complexity -- Level III technology : radical contingency in earth systems -- Individuality and incomprehensibility -- Complexity, coherence, contingency -- Killer apps -- In front of our nose
Summary
A provocative analysis of what it means to be human in an era of incomprehensible technological complexity and change
Analysis
SCIENCE, TECHNOLOGY & SOCIETY/General
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (pages 211-216) and index
