TY  - BOOK
AU  - Martin,James
TI  - The meaning of the 21st century : :  a vital blueprint for ensuring our future / 
SN  - 9781903919866
PY  - 2006///
CY  - New York : 
PB  - Riverhead Books, 
KW  - Technological forecasting
KW  - Technology
KW  - Social aspects
KW  - Technology and civilization
N1  - 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
ER  -