Allenby, Braden R.

The techno-human condition [electronic resource] / Braden R. Allenby, Daniel Sarewitz. - Cambridge, Mass. : MIT Press, c2011. - xi, 222 p. : ill.

Includes bibliographical references (p. [211]-216) and index.

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.


Electronic reproduction.
Palo Alto, Calif. :
ebrary,
2011.
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Technology--Social aspects.
Human evolution.
Biotechnology.


Electronic books.

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