Technology matters questions to live w ith - Nye, David E., 1946-; American Council of Learned Societies (Cambridge, Mass. : MIT Press, 2006)
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.
Includes bibliographical references (p. [253]-273) and index.
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Keywords: Technology -- Philosophy; Technology and civilization