The techno-human condition / Braden Allenby, Daniel Sarewitz.

Cambridge, Mass. : MIT Press, [2011], ©2011.

xi, 222 pages : illustrations ; 21 cm

Includes bibliographical references 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.