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Redesigning worldwide connections / edited by Michele Bonazzi and Valentina Di Simone.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- World Complexity Science Academy Annual Conference, Corporate Author.
- Series:
- World Complexity Science Academy Book Series
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Technology--Social aspects.
- Technology.
- Technology and state.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (220 p.)
- Place of Publication:
- Newcastle upon Tyne, England : Cambridge Scholars Publishing, 2015.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- In the next twenty years, the convergence of robotics, informatics, nano-bio-technologies, genetics, information technologies, and cognitive sciences will have a significant impact on society. This convergence will lead to a revolution in the way that science, health, energy, resources, production, consumption and environment are conceptualised. However, these technologies will also pose new and specific challenges in terms of sustainability, ethics, and even expectations of the future. Indeed, today, the word "future" is often associated with pessimism and fear, much more than it was in the p
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references at the end of each chapters.
- Description based on print version record.
- ISBN:
- 1-4438-8773-0
- OCLC:
- 936558354
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