The dark side of technology / / Peter Townsend
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| Autore: |
Townsend Peter
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| Titolo: |
The dark side of technology / / Peter Townsend
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| Pubblicazione: | Oxford : , : Oxford University Press, , 2016 |
| Edizione: | First edition. |
| Descrizione fisica: | 1 online resource |
| Disciplina: | 303.483 |
| Soggetto topico: | Technology - Social aspects |
| Nota di bibliografia: | Includes bibliographical references. |
| Nota di contenuto: | 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. |
| Sommario/riassunto: | 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. |
| Titolo autorizzato: | The dark side of technology |
| ISBN: | 0-19-250779-6 |
| 0-19-250778-8 | |
| 0-19-183183-2 | |
| Formato: | Materiale a stampa  |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione: | Inglese |
| Record Nr.: | 9910160323303321 |
| Lo trovi qui: | Univ. Federico II |
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