WE LIVE IN EXTRAORDINARY TIMES (III). The man-machine fusion is truly underway. We can control the body of another human or animal, and can control machines half way around the world by thought alone. Steven Hawkins is an emblem of the emerging applications. We have extended speed of access to infinite information by the internet and devices. We are being increasingly hyper-connected to people and objects. We are at a turning point of human abuse of the planet and a sustainable future. The rate of technological change has never been faster.