Technology Matters : Questions to Live With.
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- 9780262280846
- 303.48/3
- T14.N88 2006
Intro -- Preface -- Acknowledgements -- 1 Can We Define "Technology"? -- 2 Does Technology Control Us? -- 3 Is Technology Predictable? -- 4 How Do Historians Understand Technology? -- 5 Cultural Uniformity, or Diversity? -- 6 Sustainable Abundance, or Ecological Crisis? -- 7 Work: More, or Less? Better, or Worse? -- 8 Should "the Market" Select Technologies? -- 9 More Security, or Escalating Dangers? -- 10 Expanding Consciousness, or Encapsulation? -- 11 Not Just One Future -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index.
Discusses in nontechnical language ten central questions about technology that illuminate what technology is and why it matters.
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Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest Ebook Central, 2024. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest Ebook Central affiliated libraries.
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