Discusses the risks our society faces everyday as we deal with frightening uncertainties about food, transportation, clothing, air, disease, natural disasters, and almost every area of our lives.

Summary: Journalist Garreau shows us that we are at an inflection point in history: we are engineering the next stage of human evolution. Through advances in genetics, robotics, information and nanotechnologies, we are altering our minds, our memories, our metabolisms, our personalities, our progeny--and perhaps our very souls. Taking us behind the scenes, Garreau reveals that superpowers--from revved-up reflexes and speed, to enhanced mental acuity...