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Techno-fixers : origins and implications of technological faith /
"A critical examination of modern faith in technology, Techno-Fixers evaluates past mistakes, present implications, and future opportunities for innovating societies."--
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| Format: | Electronic eBook |
| Language: | Inglés |
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Montreal ; Chicago :
McGill-Queen's University Press,
[2020]
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| Online Access: | Texto completo |
Table of Contents:
- 1 Modern Times and Technological Faith
- 2 Rational Society: The Technocrats and "Technological Social Design"
- 3 Mid-Century Confidences
- 4 Engineering Culture: Alvin Weinberg and the Packaging of Technological Fixes
- 5 Technological Promises in Popular Culture
- 6 Tracing Life Histories of Technological Choices
- 7 Implications of Technological Confidence
- 8 The Future for Fixing.