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TECHNOLOGY AND THE FUTURE offers an unsurpassed collection of readings on how technology shapes society while itself being shaped by social trends. It presents a balanced view, including articles written by critics of technology as well as by technological enthusiasts. By including both philosophical approaches, as well as discussions of such specific technologies as information technology and biotechnology, this text offers a unique and unparalleled overview of technology today. Eight out of 30 articles are new in this edition, with several ol... MOREder articles replaced with more up-to-date articles published between 2002-2004.

Part I: THINKING ABOUT TECHNOLOGY. 1. Does Improved Technology Mean Progress? Leo Marx. 2. How Society Shapes Technology, Robert Pool. 3. The Technology of Shoelaces, Edward Tenner. 4. Can Technology Replace Social Engineering? Alvin M. Weinberg. 5. Why I Am Not Going to Buy a Computer, Wendell Berry. 6. Technology and the Tragic View, Samuel C. Florman. 7. Do Artifacts Have Politics? Langdon Winner. 8. Feminist Perspectives on Technology, Judy Wajcman. 9. Futuring Methods, Edward Cornish. Part II: DEBATING TECHNOLOGY: 1960S STYLE. 10. The Role of Technology in Society, Emmanuel G. Mesthene. 11. Technology: The Opiate of the Intellectuals, John McDermott. Part III: DEBATING TECHNOLOGY: 21ST CENTURY STYLE. 12. Why the Future Doesn't Need Us, Bill Joy. 13. A Response to Bill Joy and the Doom-and-Gloom Technofuturists, John Seely Brown and Paul Duguid. 14. Promise and Peril, Ray Kurzweil. Part IV: DILEMMAS OF NEW TECHNOLOGY: TERRORISM AND CIVIL LIBERTIES. 15. Terrorism and Brittle Technology, Amory B. Lovins and L. Hunter Lovins. 16. Technological Vulnerability, Brian Martin. 17. How to Protect Against and Prepare for Terrorist Attacks, The 9-11 Commission. 18. Civil Liberties in a Time of Crisis, James X. Dempsey. Part V: DILEMMAS OF NEW TECHNOLOGY: BIOETHICS. 19. The Dark Side of the Genome, Robert A. Weinberg. 20. Remarks by the President on Stem Cell Research, President George W. Bush. 21. Hard Cell: A Commentary on the President's Stem Cell Address, Thomas H. Murray. Part VI: DILEMMAS OF NEW TECHNOLOGY: GLOBAL CLIMATE CHANGE. 22. Modern Global Climate Change, Thomas R. Karl and Kevin E. Trenberth. 23. The Bush Administration's Approach to Climate Change, Spencer Abraham. Part VII: DILEMMAS OF NEW TECHNOLOGY: COMPUTERS AND INFORMATION. 24. An Unforeseen Revolution: Computers and Expectations, 19351985, Paul Ceruzzi. 25. Computer Ethics, Tom Forester and Perry Morrison. 26. The Internet Under Siege, Lawrence Lessig. 27. The Humpty Dumpty Problem, Mitchell Kapor. 28. In the Age of the Smart Machine, Shoshana Zuboff. 29. The Logistics of Techno-War, Gene I. Rochlin. Part VIII: CODA. 30. In Touch at Last, Seth Shostak.

Topical Contents

About the Editor

Preface

xvii

Part I Thinking About Technology

(90)

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Does Improved Technology Mean Progress?

(10)

Leo Marx

How Society Shapes Technology

(9)

Robert Pool

The Technology of Shoelaces

(5)

Edward Tenner

Can Technology Replace Social Engineering?

(8)

Alvin M. Weinberg

Why I Am Not Going to Buy a Computer

(6)

Wendell Berry

Technology and the Tragic View

(9)

Samuel C. Florman

Do Artifacts Have Politics?

(17)

Langdon Winner

Feminist Perspectives on Technology

(13)

Judy Wajcman

Futuring Methods

(11)

Edward Cornish

Part II Debating Technology: 1960s Style

(22)

The Role of Technology in Society

(10)

Emmanuel G. Mesthene

Technology: The Opiate of the Intellectuals

103

(10)

John McDermott

Part III Debating Technology: Twenty-First-Century Style

113

(54)

Why the Future Doesn't Need Us

115

(23)

Bill Joy

A Response to Bill Joy and the Doom-and-Gloom Technofuturists

138

(6)

John Seely Brown

Paul Duguid

Promise and Peril

144

(23)

Ray Kurzweil

Part IV Dilemmas of New Technology: Terrorism and Civil Liberties

167

(40)

Terrorism and Brittle Technology

169

(5)

Amory B. Lovins

L. Hunter Lovins

Technological Vulnerability

174

(12)

Brian Martin

How to Protect Against and Prepare for Terrorist Attacks

186

(15)

Civil Liberties in a Time of Crisis

201

(6)

James X. Dempsey

Part V Dilemmas of New Technology: Bioethics

207

(26)

The Dark Side of the Genome

209

(9)

Robert A. Weinberg

Remarks by the President on Stem Cell Research

218

(4)

President George W. Bush

Hard Cell: A Commentary on the President's Stem Cell Address

222

(11)

Thomas H. Murray

Part VI Dilemmas of New Technology: Global Climate Change

233

(18)

Modern Global Climate Change

235

(9)

Thomas R. Karl

Kevin E. Trenberth

The Bush Administration's Approach to Climate Change

244

(7)

Spencer Abraham

Part VII Dilemmas of New Technology: Computers and Information

251

(80)

An Unforeseen Revolution: Computers and Expectations, 1935--1985

253

(12)

Paul Ceruzzi

Computer Ethics

265

(17)

Tom Forester

Perry Morrison

The Internet Under Siege

282

(11)

Lawrence Lessig

The Humpty Dumpty Problem

293

(11)

Mitchell Kapor

In the Age of the Smart Machine

304

(8)

Shoshana Zuboff

The Logistics of Techno-War

312

(19)

Gene I. Rochlin

Part VIII Coda

331

In Touch at Last

333

Seth Shostak

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