Reprint of the original, first published in 1876.

Outline for A Viable Techno Sphere provides an informative condensed history of world culture and examines all aspects of human life and society—psychological, physiological, and anthropological. Sadler investigates man’s interaction with the biosphere—man’s place in the world—and anticipates further evolutionary developments. In his proposition for a “viable technosphere,” Sadler suggests a techno-culture formed in the light of a Darwinian, organic ideal, locating cities by means of systematic replacement and integrating even one’s metaphysical existence with its exemplary criteria. Unlike most techno-visionaries, Sadler is also sensitive to the cultural repercussions of mans’ enlightenment, thus rendering his work the harbinger of a technological Renaissance. Functional aesthetics are given new resonance in his technological journey to the sublime. An ingeniously revealing read is set to stir the imagination with eye-opening insights and knowledge, and is a perfect addition to anyone’s collection.