God and the Chip : Religion and the Culture of Technology.

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Our ancestors saw the material world as alive, and they often personified nature. Today we claim to be realists. But in reality we are not paying attention to the symbols and myths hidden in technology. Beneath much of our talk about computers and the Internet, claims William A. Stahl, is an unackno...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Stahl, William A.
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Waterloo : Wilfrid Laurier University Press, 2006.
Temas:
Technology > Social aspects.
Computers > Moral and ethical aspects.
Technology > Moral and ethical aspects.
Computers > Social aspects.
Ordinateurs > Aspect moral.
Technologie > Aspect moral.
Ordinateurs > Aspect social.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > General.
Computers > Moral and ethical aspects
Computers > Social aspects
Technology > Moral and ethical aspects
Technology > Social aspects
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
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Sumario:Our ancestors saw the material world as alive, and they often personified nature. Today we claim to be realists. But in reality we are not paying attention to the symbols and myths hidden in technology. Beneath much of our talk about computers and the Internet, claims William A. Stahl, is an unacknowledged mysticism, an implicit religion. By not acknowledging this mysticism, we have become critically short of ethical and intellectual resources with which to understand and confront changes brought on by technology.
Descripción Física:1 online resource (199 pages)
ISBN:9780889205994
088920599X

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