Table of Contents
Preface to the Second Edition vii
Preface ix
Introduction xi
Part 1 The Here and Now
1 A Bitter Taste of Dystopia 3
2 Welcome to Moore's World 8
3 How Change Will Affect Us Personally and Why Our Choices Matter 19
4 If Change Is Always the Answer, What Are the Questions? 27
Part 2 Does the Technology Have the Potential to Benefit Everyone Equally?
5 The Amazing and Scary Rise of Artificial Intelligence 37
6 Remaking Education with Avatars and A.I. 47
7 We Are Becoming Data; Our Doctors, Software 64
Part 3 What Are the Risks and the Rewards?
8 Robotics and Biology: The Inevitable Merging of Man and Machine 89
9 Security and Privacy in an Era of Ubiquitous Connectivity 106
10 The Drones Are Coming 118
11 Designer Genes, the Bacteria in Our Guts, and Precision Medicine 128
Part 4 Does the Technology Foster Autonomy or Dependency?
12 Your Own Private Driver: Self-Driving Cars, Trucks, and Planes 149
13 When Your Scale Talks to Your Refrigerator: The Internet of Things 165
14 The Future of Your Body Is Electric 176
15 Almost-Free Energy and Food 188
16 Quantum Computing and the Next Frontier 202
Conclusion: So Will It Be Star Trek or Mad Max? 211
Notes 213
Acknowledgments 231
Index 233
About the Authors 241