The meaning of the 21st century : a vital blueprint for ensuring our future / James Martin.
Publication details: New York : Riverhead Books, 2006.Description: xi, 431 p. : ill. ; 24 cmISBN:- 1573223239
- 9781573223232
- Meaning of the twenty-first century
- 303.48/3 22
- T174 .M376 2006
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
1: The need for transition -- The transition generation -- What got us into this mess? -- Rich kids and their trust funds -- Too many people -- The giant in the kitchen -- Destitute nations -- Climate catastrophe -- Invisible mayhem -- 2: Technologies of sorcery -- Genetically modified humans? -- Nanodeluge -- Automated evolution -- The transhuman condition -- 3: Through the canyon -- The awesome meaning of this century -- A perfect storm -- The vital role of corporations -- Culture's crucible -- A counter-terrorist world -- World scenarios -- 4: The gateway to the future -- A great civilization? -- Values of the future -- Cathedrals of cyberspace -- Rich and poor -- Russian roulette with homo sapiens -- Revolution.
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