The driver in the driverless car: how our technology choices will create the future

Part one. The here and now. 1. A bitter taste of dystopia

2. Welcome to Moore's world

3. How change will affect us personally and why our choices matter

4. If change is always the answer, what are the questions?

Part two. Does the technology have the potential to benefit everyone equally? 5. The amazing and scary rise of artificial intelligence

6. Remaking education with avatars and A.I.

7. We are becoming data; our doctors, software

Part three. What are the risks and rewards? 8. Robotics and biology : the inevitable merging of man and machine

9. Security and privacy in an era of ubiquitous connectivity

10. The drones are coming

11. Designer genes, the bacteria in our guts, and precision medicine

Part four. Does the technology foster autonomy or dependency? 12. Your own private driver : self-driving cars, trucks, and planes

13. When your scale talks to your refrigerator : the internet of things

14. The future of your body is electric

15. Almost free energy and food

Conclusion: So will it be Star trek or Mad Max?