Technology matters : questions to live with / David E. Nye.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Nye, David E., 1946-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Technology--Philosophy.

Technology.

Technology and civilization.

Physical Description:

xiv, 282 p.

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Cambridge, Mass. : MIT Press, c2006.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Discusses in nontechnical language ten central questions about technology that illuminate what technology is and why it matters.

Contents:

Can we define "technology?"

Does technology control us?

Is technology predictable?

How do historians understand technology?

Cultural uniformity, or diversity?

Sustainable abundance, or ecological crisis?

Work : more, or less? Better, or worse?

Should "the market" select technologies?

More security, or escalating dangers?

Expanding consciousness, or encapsulation?

Not just one future.

Notes:

Title from title screen.

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Includes bibliographical references (p. [253]-273) and index.

ISBN:

0-262-28084-1

1-282-09758-X

9786612097584

1-4237-7456-6