02133nam 2200457 450 991016032330332120170814181427.00-19-250779-60-19-250778-80-19-183183-2(CKB)4330000000071256(StDuBDS)EDZ0001585081(MiAaPQ)EBC4789539(PPN)228882729(EXLCZ)99433000000007125620170203h20162016 uy 0engur|||||||||||rdacontentrdamediardacarrierThe dark side of technology /Peter TownsendFirst edition.Oxford :Oxford University Press,2016.1 online resource0-19-882629-X 0-19-879053-8 Includes bibliographical references.Have we the knowledge, willpower, and determination to survive? -- Technology and survival: are they compatible? -- Natural disasters and civilization -- Good technologies with bad side effects -- From trains to transistors -- Food, survival, and resources -- The 'Silent Spring' revisited -- Medicine: expectations and reality -- Knowledge loss from changing language -- Decay of materials and information loss from technology -- Technology, the new frontier for crime and terror -- Technology-driven social isolation -- Consumerism and obsolescence -- Rejection of knowledge and information -- Hindsight, foresight, radical suggestions, and a grain of hope.The work is concerned with human progress and the unexpected consequences of technological advances. It examines a vast range of topics from medicine to agriculture, including electronics, communications, a global economy and a burgeoning population.TechnologySocial aspectsTechnologySocial aspects.303.483Townsend Peter375906MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910160323303321The dark side of technology2586739UNINA