Examining how technology shapes society while itself being shaped by social trends, this text presents a balanced view, including critics of technology as well as technological enthusiasts.TECHNOLOGY AND THE FUTURE offers an unsurpassed collection of readings on how technology shapes society while itself being shaped by social trends. It presents a balanced view, including critics of technology as well as technological enthusiasts. By including both philosophical approaches, as well as discussions of such specific technologies as information technology and biotechnology, this text offers a unique and unparalleled overview of technology today.TECHNOLOGY AND THE FUTURE offers an unsurpassed collection of readings on how technology shapes society while itself being shaped by social trends. It presents a balanced view, including articles written by critics of technology as well as by technological enthusiasts. By including both philosophical approaches, as well as discussions of such specific technologies as information technology and biotechnology, this text offers a unique and unparalleled overview of technology today. Eight out of 30 articles are new in this edition, with several older articles replaced with more up-to-date articles published between 2002-2004.
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| Topical Contents | |
| About the Editor | |
| Preface | |
| Thinking about Technology | p. 1 |
| Does Improved Technology Mean Progress? | p. 3 |
| Flow Society Shapes Technology | p. 13 |
| Can Technology Replace Social Engineering? | p. 23 |
| Why I Am Not Going to Buy a Computer | p. 31 |
| Technology and the Tragic View | p. 37 |
| Debating Technology: 1960s Style | p. 47 |
| The Role of Technology in Society | p. 49 |
| Technology: The Opiate of the Intellectuals | p. 59 |
| Alternative Perspectives on Technology | p. 69 |
| Buddhist Economics | p. 71 |
| Can Technology Be Humane? | p. 78 |
| Technological Politics As If Democracy Really Mattered | p. 91 |
| Western Colonization of the Future | p. 109 |
| Black Futurists in the Information Age | p. 119 |
| Feminist Perspectives on Technology | p. 135 |
| Do Artifacts Have Politics? | p. 148 |
| Dilemmas of New Technology: Vulnerability | p. 165 |
| Terrorism and Brittle Technology | p. 167 |
| Technological Vulnerability | p. 172 |
| Dilemmas of New Technology: Bioethics | p. 185 |
| The Dark Side of the Genome | p. 187 |
| Remarks by the President on Stem Cell Research | p. 196 |
| Hard Cell: A Commentary on the President's Stem Cell Address | p. 200 |
| The Wisdom of Repugnance | p. 209 |
| Science Fiction: A Comment on Leon Kass's Bioethics | p. 225 |
| Dilemmas of New Technology: Computers and Information | p. 229 |
| An Unforeseen Revolution: Computers and Expectations, 1935-1985 | p. 231 |
| Computer Ethics | p. 242 |
| The Internet Under Siege | p. 258 |
| In the Age of the Smart Machine | p. 268 |
| The Logistics of Techno-War | p. 276 |
| Debating Technology: 21st Century Style | p. 293 |
| Why the Future Doesn't Need us | p. 295 |
| A Response to Bill Joy and the Doom-and-Gloom Technofuturists | p. 318 |
| Coda | p. 323 |
| In Touch at Last | p. 325 |
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Albert H. Teich has served as Director of Science and Policy Programs at the American Association for the Advancement of Science since 1990. In this position, he is responsible for the association's activities in science, technology, society, and policy and serves as its chief spokesperson on science policy issues. Dr. Teich received a B.S. degree in physics and a Ph.D. in political science, both from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Prior to joining the AAAS staff in 1980, he held positions at George Washington University, the State University of New York, and Syracuse University. Dr. Teich is well known as a speaker on science and technology policy and is the author of numerous articles, reports, and book chapters. He is chair of the Advisory Board of the School of Public Policy at Georgia Tech, and a member of the advisory boards of Columbia University's Center for Science, Policy, and Outcomes, and the Loka Institute. In addition, he is co-director of a new Center for Innovation Policy Research and Education in Budapest, Hungary. Dr. Teich is a Fellow of AAAS and a member of the editorial advisory boards to the journals SCIENCE COMMUNICATION, SCIENCE, TECHNOLOGY, AND HUMAN VALUES, and PROMETHEUS, as well as a consultant to government agencies, national laboratories, industrial firms, and international organizations.
