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Technology and the Future

by: Teich, Albert H.

Technology and the Future

by: Teich, Albert H.

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Edition: 12th
Format: Paperback
Copyright: 01/13/2012
Publisher: Cengage Learning

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This diverse collection of readings by technology enthusiasts and critics introduces you to different philosophical approaches regarding the impact of technology, as well as specific technologies to give you a complete overview of technology today.

Topical Contents	p. ix
About the Editor	p. xiii
Preface	p. xv
Thinking About Technology	p. 1
Does Improved Technology Mean Progress?	p. 3
How Society Shapes Technology	p. 13
The Shock of the Old	p. 23
Can Technology Replace Social Engineering?	p. 34
Technology and the Tragic View	p. 42
Do Artifacts Have Politics?	p. 51
Debating Technology: 1960s Style	p. 69
The Role of Technology in Society	p. 71
Technology: The Opiate of the Intellectuals	p. 81
Debating Technology: Twenty-First-Century Style	p. 91
Why the Future Doesn't Need Us	p. 93
A Response to Bill Joy and the Doom-and-Gloom Technofuturists	p. 117
Promise and Peril	p. 123
Contemporary Technological Dilemmas: Climate Change	p. 147
The Science Behind Climate Change	p. 149
The Climate Science Isn't Settled	p. 161
The Geoengineering Option: A Last Resort Against Global Warming?	p. 165
20 Reasons Why Geoengineering May Be a Bad Idea	p. 175
Contemporary Technological Dilemmas: The New Biology	p. 187
Stem Cell Research: The Great Moral Divide	p. 189
Applications, Benefits, and Risks of Synthetic Biology: Presidential Commission for the Study of Bioethical Issues	p. 210
Five Hard Truths for Synthetic Biology	p. 226
The Case against Perfection	p. 233
Some Possible Legal and Social Implications of Advances in Neuroscience	p. 245
Contemporary Technological Dilemmas: Information and Communications Technology	p. 267
An Unforeseen Revolution: Computers and Expectations, 1935-1985	p. 269
Why I Am Not Going to Buy a Computer	p. 281
Computer Ethics	p. 287
Is Google Making Us Stupid? What the Internet Is Doing to Our Brains	p. 301
Net Neutrality 101: Save the Internet	p. 310
Managing Broadband Networks	p. 312
Governance and Globalization	p. 321
Government and Technology	p. 323
The World Is Flat	p. 332
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