Nye, David E., 1946-

Technology matters questions to live w ith / [electronic resource] : David E. Nye. - Cambridge, Mass. : MIT Press, c2006. - xiv, 282 p. ; 21 cm. - ACLS Humanities E-Book. .

Includes bibliographical references (p. [253]-273) and index.

Can we define "technology?" -- Does technology control us? -- Is tec hnology predictable? -- How do historians understand technology? -- Cul tural uniformity, or diversity? -- Sustainable abundance, or ecological crisis? -- Work : more, or less? Better, or worse? -- Should "the mark et" select technologies? -- More security, or escalating dangers? -- Ex panding consciousness, or encapsulation? -- Not just one future.


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Technology-- Philosophy.
Technology and civilization.