The dark side of technology /
Townsend, P. D.
The dark side of technology / Peter Townsend. - Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2018. - xi, 306 p. : 23 cm.
Includes bibliographical references (pages 305-306).
PHILOSOPHY OF SCIENCE. Technological progress comes with a Dark Side where good ideas and intentions produce undesirable results. The many and various unexpected outcomes of technology span humorous to bizarre, and even result in situations which threaten our survival. Development can be positive for some, but negative and isolating for others (e.g. older or poorer people). Progress is often transient, as faster electronics and computers dramatically shorten retention time of data and knowledge (e.g. documents, data, and photos will be unreadable within a generation). This is also destroying past languages and cultures in a trend to globalisation. Advances cut across all areas of science and life, and the scope is vast from biology, medicine, agriculture, transport, electronics, computers, long range communications, to a global economy.
9780198826293
Technology and civilization.
Technology--Social aspects.
Technological innovations--Social aspects.
Technological innovations--Social aspects.
Technology and civilization.
Technology--Social aspects.
303.483 TOW
The dark side of technology / Peter Townsend. - Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2018. - xi, 306 p. : 23 cm.
Includes bibliographical references (pages 305-306).
PHILOSOPHY OF SCIENCE. Technological progress comes with a Dark Side where good ideas and intentions produce undesirable results. The many and various unexpected outcomes of technology span humorous to bizarre, and even result in situations which threaten our survival. Development can be positive for some, but negative and isolating for others (e.g. older or poorer people). Progress is often transient, as faster electronics and computers dramatically shorten retention time of data and knowledge (e.g. documents, data, and photos will be unreadable within a generation). This is also destroying past languages and cultures in a trend to globalisation. Advances cut across all areas of science and life, and the scope is vast from biology, medicine, agriculture, transport, electronics, computers, long range communications, to a global economy.
9780198826293
Technology and civilization.
Technology--Social aspects.
Technological innovations--Social aspects.
Technological innovations--Social aspects.
Technology and civilization.
Technology--Social aspects.
303.483 TOW