Futile Progress: Technology's empty promise

ISBN-13: 9781853832437 / Angielski / Miękka / 2009 / 224 str.

Ernest Braun;Ernest Braun

Opis

Questioning whether new technology has brought true benefits to society, this treatise explores the far-reaching implications of technological change on human life and the environment, demonstrating how little it actually compensates for the harm it can bring. The author then proceeds to explain how certain technological policies can avoid these consequences and harness change to work for the good of society. Government involvement is encouraged in a number of areas.

Spis treści

Introduction  1. The Aims of Progress  2. Technological Innovation Causes  3. Technology Policy  4. Technology and the Natural Environment  5. Environmental Policies  6. Summary and Conclusions

O autorze

Ernest Braun was formerly the Head of the Technology Policy Unit and Professor of Physics at Aston University. He spent years in Vienna as Head of the Technology Assessment Unit of the Austrian Academy of Sciences, and is now an Emeritus Professor at Aston, and a Visiting Professor at the Centre for Technology Strategy at the Open University. Originally published in 1995.