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.