The unintended consequences of technology : solutions, breakthroughs, and the restart we need / Chris Ategeka.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Ategeka, Chris, author.

Contributor:

ProQuest ebook central.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Technology--Sociological aspects.

Technology.

Technology--Social aspects.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xiv, 274 pages)

Place of Publication:

Hoboken, New Jersey : John Wiley & Sons, Inc., [2022]

System Details:

text file

Contents:

Part I How Humanity Got Into This Mess p. 1

Chapter 1 Capitalism The Cult of Self-sufficiency p. 3

Chapter 2 Tech-States Are Nation-States Obsolete? p. 19

Part II Technologies and Trends with Lots of Promise but also Uncertainty p. 37

Chapter 3 Data What Is the Data Industrial Complex? p. 39

Chapter 4 Artificial Intelligence Will Humans Soon Be Irrelevant? p. 61

Chapter 5 Blockchain Can Trust Be Decentralized? p. 83

Chapter 6 Conditioning From Human to User to an Addicted "Drug" User? p. 99

Chapter 7 Genomics What Happens When Humans Play God? p. 121

Chapter 8 5G Is This a New "Cold War" You've Never Heard Of? p. 137

Chapter 9 Truth In the Era of Willful Ignorance: Is Trust Over? p. 155

Chapter 10 Warfare Is "Cyber" the New Gunpowder? p. 177

Chapter 11 Work Why Do People Work? p. 197

Chapter 12 Climate Are Humans the New "Weapons of Mass Destruction"? p. 219

Chapter 13 Ethics Are Universal Ethical Principles Possible in Technology? p. 239

Chapter 14 Restart The Most Powerful Vote We Have: The Ballot, Money, or Attention? p. 251.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, MI Available via World Wide Web.

Description based on online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on October 18, 2021).

Other Format:

Print version: Ategeka, Chris. Unintended consequences of technology

ISBN:

9781119817604

1119817609

9781119817581

1119817587

Publisher Number:

40030773887

Access Restriction:

Restricted for use by site license.