Chapter headings: Where we're at
Farewell to the drive-in utopia
Cities of the future : yesterday's tomorrow or tomorrow's yesterday?
The dangers of techno-narcissism, or, Frankenstein release 2.0, how Ray Kurzweil's singularity aims to replace the old god with a new and improved version
The futility of party politics in the long emergency
Going broke the hard way : the end of Wall Street
The energy specter : oil and gas, alternative energy, and waiting for Santa Claus
Insults to the planet and the planet's reply
Social relations and the dilemmas of difference
Coda : a systematic misunderstanding of reality.
