The techno-human condition [electronic resource] / Braden R. Allenby, Daniel Sarewitz.

By: Allenby, Braden RContributor(s): Sarewitz, Daniel R | ProQuest (Firm)Material type: TextTextPublication details: Cambridge, Mass. : MIT Press, c2011Description: xi, 222 p. : illISBN: 9780262295666 (electronic bk.)Subject(s): Technology -- Social aspects | Human evolution | BiotechnologyGenre/Form: Electronic books.DDC classification: 303.48/3 LOC classification: T14.5 | .A437 2011Online resources: Click to View
Contents:
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.
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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.

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