Table of Contents
Introduction
PART I: HOW HUMANITY GOT INTO THIS MESS
Chapter 1: Capitalism: The Cult of Self Sufficiency
Chapter 2: Tech-States: Are Nation-States Obsolete?
PART II: TECHNOLOGIES AND TRENDS WITH LOTS OF PROMISE BUT ALSO UNCERTAINTY
Chapter 3: Data: What Is the Data Industrial Complex?
Chapter 4: Artificial Intelligence: Will Humans Soon Be Irrelevant?
Chapter 5: Blockchain: Can Trust Be Decentralized?
Chapter 6: Conditioning: From Human to User to an Addicted “Drug” User
Chapter 7: Genomics: What Happens When Humans Play God?
Chapter 8: Bioengineering: What Are the Limits of the New Cyborg?
Chapter 9: 5G: Is This A New “Cold War” You’ve Never Heard Of?
Chapter 10: Trust in the Era of Willful Ignorance: Is Truth Over?
Chapter 11: Warfare: Is “Cyber” the New “Gunpowder”?
Chapter 12: Work: Why Do People Work?
Chapter 13: E-Waste: You Thought Ocean Plastics Were Bad?
Chapter 14: Climate: Are Humans the New “Weapons of Mass Destruction”?
Chapter 15: Ethics: Are Universal Ethical Principles Possible in Technology?
Chapter 16: Interdependence: How Are Technology, Humans, and All Other Systems’ Fates Bound Together?
Chapter 17: Restart: The Most Powerful Vote We Have: The Ballot, Money, or Attention?
Acknowledgments
About the Author
Index