Technology matters: questions to live with
David E. Nye
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قائمة
شناسنامه
العنوان واسم المؤلف
Technology matters: questions to live with / David E. Nyeبيانات النشر
کمبریج : MIT Press، 2006مالمواصفات الشكلية
xiv, 282 p.; 21 cm.الموضوع
Technology PhilosophyTechnology and civilization
اللغة
انگلیسیملاحظات
Includes bibliographical references )p. ]352[-372( and index.المحتويات
Can we define "technology?" -- Does technology control us? -- Is technology predictable? -- How do historians understand technology? -- Cultural uniformity, or diversity? -- Sustainable abundance, or ecological crisis? -- Work : more, or less? Better, or worse? -- Should "the market" select technologies? -- More security, or escalating dangers? -- Expanding consciousness, or encapsulation? -- Not just one future