02989nam 2200685Ia 450 991082486510332120200520144314.01-282-86414-997866128641480-7735-7390-910.1515/9780773573901(CKB)1000000000521386(SSID)ssj0000280593(PQKBManifestationID)11224764(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000280593(PQKBWorkID)10290800(PQKB)11497710(CaPaEBR)400989(CaBNvSL)jme00326541(Au-PeEL)EBL3331317(CaPaEBR)ebr10141990(CaONFJC)MIL286414(OCoLC)929121736(DE-B1597)655613(DE-B1597)9780773573901(VaAlCD)20.500.12592/3rpwmc(schport)gibson_crkn/2009-12-01/1/400989(MiAaPQ)EBC3331317(MiAaPQ)EBC3245489(EXLCZ)99100000000052138619940118d1994 uy 0engurcn|||||||||txtrdacontentcrdamediacrrdacarrierThe ignorance explosion understanding industrial civilization /Julius Lukasiewicz1st ed.Ottawa Carleton University Press19941 online resource (xxviii, 272 pages) illustrationsBibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph0-88629-237-9 0-88629-234-4 Includes bibliographical references and indexes.Front Matter --Contents --List of Illustrations --List of Tables --List of “Boxes” --Designation of References --Abbreviations --Preface --Acknowledgements --Introduction --The Paradox of Human Progress --Humanities, Social and Physical Sciences: The Two Cultures --Technology: The Land of Many Faces --The Ignorance Explosion --The Brave New World of Globalization --Language in the Service of Identity—or Communication? --Technology and War --Jettisoning the Harness of Biology --Has Vision Been Lost? --IndexesThe author reveals the darker side of Western society's adoption of, and adaptation to, modern technology. Despite his portrayal of an increasingly complex, artificial and dehumanized technological environment, Lukasiewicz writes with humour and humanism and makes an enlightening contribution to the habitually grim literature on this subject.TechnologySocial aspectsCivilization, Modern20th centuryTechnologySocial aspects.Civilization, Modern303.48/3Lukasiewicz Julius1687732MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910824865103321The ignorance explosion4072088UNINA$99.7512/20/2014Hist