TY - BOOK AU - Allenby,Braden R. AU - Sarewitz,Daniel R. TI - The techno-human condition SN - 9780262525251 AV - T14.5 .A437 2013 PY - 2013///] CY - Cambridge, Massachusetts PB - The MIT Press KW - Technology KW - Social aspects KW - Human evolution KW - Biotechnology KW - Society KW - ukslc N1 - Originally published: 2011; Includes bibliographical references (pages 197-216) 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 N2 - A provocative analysis of what it means to be human in an era of incomprehensible technological complexity and change ER -