Introduction: Geek Chic: anthropologist in a strange land -- A world without limits: whats new about the new economy -- The gathering storm: mass affluence and its discontents -- Created unequal: merit and the ones left behind -- The lottery of success: who wins, who loses -- Eye of the needle: the moral critique of prosperity -- The world we have last: goodbye nature, family community? -- A future that works: why techno-capitalism prevailed -- The conquest of human nature: technology and the remaking of humanity -- The seduction: the quest for the posthuman -- The gift: the things that matter most.