Technology matters: questions to live with

Name: Technology matters: questions to live with
Author: David E. Nye

Author

David E. Nye

Publisher

MIT Press

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Title and Author

Technology matters: questions to live with / David E. Nye

Publication Details

کمبریج : MIT Press، 2006م

Physical Description

xiv, 282 p.; 21 cm.

Subject

Technology Philosophy
Technology and civilization

Language

انگلیسی

Includes bibliographical references )p. ]352[-372( and index.

Contents

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

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