A dangerous master : how to keep technology from slipping beyond our control /

We live in an age of awesome technological potential. From nanotechnology to synthetic organisms, new technologies stand to revolutionize whole domains of human experience. But with awesome potential comes awesome risk: drones can deliver a bomb as readily as they can a new smartphone; makers and ha...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Wallach, Wendell, 1946- (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: New York : Basic Books, 2015.
Temas:
Technological innovations > Effect of technological innovations on.
Technological innovations > Moral and ethical aspects.
Inventions > Social aspects.
Technology > Social aspects.
Social groups.
Progress > Social aspects.
Technological innovations > Social aspects.
Innovations > Effets des innovations sur.
Innovations > Aspect moral.
Inventions > Aspect social.
Progrès > Aspect social.
Innovations > Aspect social.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > General.
Inventions > Social aspects
Progress > Social aspects
Social groups
Technological innovations > Moral and ethical aspects
Technological innovations > Social aspects
Technology > Social aspects
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Cover; Title Page; Copyright; Dedication; Contents; 1. Navigating the Future; 2. A Prediction; 3. The C Words; 4. The Pace of Change; 5. Trade-offs; 6. Engineering Organisms; 7. Mastery of the Human Genome; 8. Transcending Limits; 9. Cyborgs and Techno Sapiens; 10. Pathologizing Human Nature; 11. Drivers of the Storm; 12. Terminating the Terminator; 13. Engineering for Responsibility; 14. Tools for Governance; 15. Guild Navigators; Acknowledgments; Notes; Bibliography; Index.

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