The Techno-Human Condition

Reflections on science, technology, and what it means to be human today

by Brad Allenby and Dan Sarewitz

Augmented Cognition: On Beyond Zebra, For Sure

What do you do when human cognition is inadequate for the complexity of the environment we have already created? You develop augmented cognition, where thinking arises as an emergent behavior of designed techno-human networks. Read More

Who’s In Charge?

It comes as no surprise that the groundwork behind the successful liquidation of Osama bin Laden was laid by months of high technology surveillance, for example using stealth drones that monitored his compound while evading Pakistani radar. And while the deed itself was carried out by real, live, flesh-and-blood male Homo sapiens, their performance capabilities were radically enhanced rel Read More

What Is To Be Done

The good news is that we currently have two different policy approaches - call them libertarian and theological - regarding human enhancement. The bad news is that they are oversimplistic and won't work. Read More

We Are All Technologically Enhanced

The sports pages are reporting that Major League Baseball does a lousy job monitoring its players for performance enhancing drugs. But talk about a futile effort to hold back the march of reality. We have a friend who teaches in law school on questions of law, culture, and emerging technologies. Read More

The Techno-Human Condition

What is the psychology of an integrated techno-human cognitive network? And what effect does it have on you when you realize that's what you're turning into? Read More

The Techno-Human Condition Bloggers

Brad Allenby is the Lincoln Professor of Ethics and Engineering, and professor of civil, environmental, and sustainable engineering, at Arizona State University.

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Dan Sarewitz is professor of science and society, and co-founder and co-director of the Consortium for Science, Policy, and Outcomes, at Arizona State Univertsity.

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