LEADER 03514nam 22005895 450 001 9910890171903321 005 20250807130247.0 010 $a3-031-68938-0 024 7 $a10.1007/978-3-031-68938-3 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC31692556 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL31692556 035 $a(CKB)36231105000041 035 $a(DE-He213)978-3-031-68938-3 035 $a(EXLCZ)9936231105000041 100 $a20240927d2024 u| 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurcnu|||||||| 181 $ctxt$2rdacontent 182 $cc$2rdamedia 183 $acr$2rdacarrier 200 10$aHow to Think about Progress $eA Skeptic's Guide to Technology /$fby Nicholas Agar, Stuart Whatley, Dan Weijers 205 $a1st ed. 2024. 210 1$aCham :$cSpringer International Publishing :$cImprint: Springer,$d2024. 215 $a1 online resource (144 pages) 225 1 $aLibrary of Ethics and Applied Philosophy,$x2215-0323 ;$v42 311 08$a3-031-68937-2 327 $aPreface -- Introduction -- The Rise of the Futurists -- The Horizon Bias -- The End of Disease -- Onward, to Mars -- But, What about Exponential Progress -- The Hand-off -- Waiting for the Techno Rapture. 330 $aHow to Think about Progress is an interdisciplinary work exploring whether optimistic claims about technology?s potential stand up to humanity?s most difficult challenges. Will technology solve the problems of climate change, pandemics, cancer, loneliness, unhappiness, and even death? The authors show that techno-hype is all too often accepted because of the horizon bias, i.e. the modern propensity to believe that any problem that can be solved with technology will be solved in the very near future. The authors situate their analysis in a broad context, drawing on history, literature, and popular culture to emphasize their case against techno-hype. They also draw on a wide range of research, including that of biologists, philosophers of science and of language, psychologists, theorists of technological change, specialists on digital technologies, historians of ideas, and economists. As a corrective to much mainstream ?futurism,? the book offers principles for seeing through much of the techno-hype that circulates online and in best-selling books. The authors share insights (without the jargon) from a variety of academic disciplines, making this book an engaging read for all audiences. Readers will find a balanced framework for thinking and writing about technological progress in the face of truly vexing challenges like cancer, climate change, and colonizing mars. 410 0$aLibrary of Ethics and Applied Philosophy,$x2215-0323 ;$v42 606 $aTechnology$xPhilosophy 606 $aTechnology$xSociological aspects 606 $aTechnological innovations 606 $aPhilosophy of Technology 606 $aScience, Technology and Society 606 $aInnovation and Technology Management 615 0$aTechnology$xPhilosophy. 615 0$aTechnology$xSociological aspects. 615 0$aTechnological innovations. 615 14$aPhilosophy of Technology. 615 24$aScience, Technology and Society. 615 24$aInnovation and Technology Management. 676 $a149.73 700 $aAgar$b Nicholas$0615904 702 $aWhatley$b Stuart 702 $aWeijers$b Dan 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910890171903321 996 $aHow to Think about Progress$94249034 997 $aUNINA