Author: Ernest Braun
Publisher: Routledge
ISBN: 1134169140
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 225
Book Description
Do new innovations and products improve our lives? Has our relentless pursuit of technological progress eliminated the blight of poverty, of inequality, of discrimination, of crime, of war? Has the advance of technology increased our happiness and led us to fulfillment and social harmony? The ads would have us think so. But not all technological innovation is desirable, and the fastest rate of change is not necessarily the best. Futile Progress explores the multiple and far-reaching ways in which our society and our environment have been affected by technological change. It reveals how far unfettered 'advances' can be blamed for environmental damage, and analyses to what extent our unquestioning acceptance of new technologies has contributed to the social insecurity, inequality and dislocation evident today. In this original and thought provoking book, Ernest Braun argues for effective safeguards against these adverse effects of technologies beneficial to society receive public support. Only if the consequences of technological change are anticipated can technology be harnessed to work for common good.
Futile Progress
Author: Ernest Braun
Publisher: Routledge
ISBN: 1134169140
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 225
Book Description
Do new innovations and products improve our lives? Has our relentless pursuit of technological progress eliminated the blight of poverty, of inequality, of discrimination, of crime, of war? Has the advance of technology increased our happiness and led us to fulfillment and social harmony? The ads would have us think so. But not all technological innovation is desirable, and the fastest rate of change is not necessarily the best. Futile Progress explores the multiple and far-reaching ways in which our society and our environment have been affected by technological change. It reveals how far unfettered 'advances' can be blamed for environmental damage, and analyses to what extent our unquestioning acceptance of new technologies has contributed to the social insecurity, inequality and dislocation evident today. In this original and thought provoking book, Ernest Braun argues for effective safeguards against these adverse effects of technologies beneficial to society receive public support. Only if the consequences of technological change are anticipated can technology be harnessed to work for common good.
Publisher: Routledge
ISBN: 1134169140
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 225
Book Description
Do new innovations and products improve our lives? Has our relentless pursuit of technological progress eliminated the blight of poverty, of inequality, of discrimination, of crime, of war? Has the advance of technology increased our happiness and led us to fulfillment and social harmony? The ads would have us think so. But not all technological innovation is desirable, and the fastest rate of change is not necessarily the best. Futile Progress explores the multiple and far-reaching ways in which our society and our environment have been affected by technological change. It reveals how far unfettered 'advances' can be blamed for environmental damage, and analyses to what extent our unquestioning acceptance of new technologies has contributed to the social insecurity, inequality and dislocation evident today. In this original and thought provoking book, Ernest Braun argues for effective safeguards against these adverse effects of technologies beneficial to society receive public support. Only if the consequences of technological change are anticipated can technology be harnessed to work for common good.
Futile Progress
Author: Ernest Braun
Publisher: Routledge
ISBN: 1134169213
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 222
Book Description
Do new innovations and products improve our lives? Has our relentless pursuit of technological progress eliminated the blight of poverty, of inequality, of discrimination, of crime, of war? Has the advance of technology increased our happiness and led us to fulfillment and social harmony? The ads would have us think so. But not all technological innovation is desirable, and the fastest rate of change is not necessarily the best. Futile Progress explores the multiple and far-reaching ways in which our society and our environment have been affected by technological change. It reveals how far unfettered 'advances' can be blamed for environmental damage, and analyses to what extent our unquestioning acceptance of new technologies has contributed to the social insecurity, inequality and dislocation evident today. In this original and thought provoking book, Ernest Braun argues for effective safeguards against these adverse effects of technologies beneficial to society receive public support. Only if the consequences of technological change are anticipated can technology be harnessed to work for common good.
Publisher: Routledge
ISBN: 1134169213
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 222
Book Description
Do new innovations and products improve our lives? Has our relentless pursuit of technological progress eliminated the blight of poverty, of inequality, of discrimination, of crime, of war? Has the advance of technology increased our happiness and led us to fulfillment and social harmony? The ads would have us think so. But not all technological innovation is desirable, and the fastest rate of change is not necessarily the best. Futile Progress explores the multiple and far-reaching ways in which our society and our environment have been affected by technological change. It reveals how far unfettered 'advances' can be blamed for environmental damage, and analyses to what extent our unquestioning acceptance of new technologies has contributed to the social insecurity, inequality and dislocation evident today. In this original and thought provoking book, Ernest Braun argues for effective safeguards against these adverse effects of technologies beneficial to society receive public support. Only if the consequences of technological change are anticipated can technology be harnessed to work for common good.
Futile Progress
Author: Dave Barry
Publisher: Piatkus Books
ISBN: 9780749932435
Category :
Languages : en
Pages :
Book Description
Publisher: Piatkus Books
ISBN: 9780749932435
Category :
Languages : en
Pages :
Book Description
Progress in Neurotherapeutics and Neuropsychopharmacology: Volume 2, 2007
Author: Jeffrey L. Cummings
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 9780521862547
Category : Medical
Languages : en
Pages : 298
Book Description
An essential update of recent clinical trials in the management of neurological and neuropsychiatric disorders.
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 9780521862547
Category : Medical
Languages : en
Pages : 298
Book Description
An essential update of recent clinical trials in the management of neurological and neuropsychiatric disorders.
Consumerism
Author: Steven Miles
Publisher: SAGE
ISBN: 1446264335
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 185
Book Description
This book provides an introduction to the historical and theoretical foundations of consumerism. It then moves on to examine the experience of consumption in the areas of space and place, technology, fashion, `popular′ music and sport. Throughout, the author brings a critical perspective to bear upon the subject, thus providing a reliable and stimulating guide to a complex and many-sided field.
Publisher: SAGE
ISBN: 1446264335
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 185
Book Description
This book provides an introduction to the historical and theoretical foundations of consumerism. It then moves on to examine the experience of consumption in the areas of space and place, technology, fashion, `popular′ music and sport. Throughout, the author brings a critical perspective to bear upon the subject, thus providing a reliable and stimulating guide to a complex and many-sided field.
The Intelligible World
Author: Wilbur Marshall Urban
Publisher: Routledge
ISBN: 1317851994
Category : Philosophy
Languages : en
Pages : 486
Book Description
First published in 2002. This is Volume XIV of seventeen in the Library of Philosophy series on Metaphysics. Written in 1929, this book is on metaphysics and value in the intelligible world, which states that there are only two kinds of philosophies: those that find the world ultimately meaningful and intelligible and those that do not. The present book claims to belong to the first of these, and as such to be apart, however modest, of the Great Tradition in philosophy.
Publisher: Routledge
ISBN: 1317851994
Category : Philosophy
Languages : en
Pages : 486
Book Description
First published in 2002. This is Volume XIV of seventeen in the Library of Philosophy series on Metaphysics. Written in 1929, this book is on metaphysics and value in the intelligible world, which states that there are only two kinds of philosophies: those that find the world ultimately meaningful and intelligible and those that do not. The present book claims to belong to the first of these, and as such to be apart, however modest, of the Great Tradition in philosophy.
Philosophy of English Literature
Author: John Bascom
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : English literature
Languages : en
Pages : 344
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : English literature
Languages : en
Pages : 344
Book Description
Unitarian Review and Religious Magazine
Author:
Publisher:
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Category : Unitarianism
Languages : en
Pages : 712
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Unitarianism
Languages : en
Pages : 712
Book Description
The buried temple, tr. by A. Sutro
Author: Maurice Maeterlinck
Publisher:
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Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 366
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 366
Book Description
The Non-religion of the Future
Author: Jean-Marie Guyau
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Philosophy
Languages : en
Pages : 568
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Philosophy
Languages : en
Pages : 568
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