The real world is far too complex and unpredictable to make something like the idea of humanity controlling its own evolution or engineering itself - well, I wouldn't say impossible but it should be approached with a degree of caution.

He was a Trotskyist activist in the 1970s and early 1980s and is married and has two children. For example his chapter titles such as "Trusted Third Parties" or "Revolutionary Platform" usually have double (or multiple) meanings. Biography
Macleod was born in Stornoway Scotland on 2nd August 1954.