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The great reversal : how we let technology take control of the planet  Cover Image E-book E-book

The great reversal : how we let technology take control of the planet

Tabachnick, David. (Author).

Summary: As the rise of technology threatens our very humanity, Tabachnick emphasizes that we still may have time to recover and develop these capacities -- but we must first decide how far we want to allow technology to determine our existence and our future.

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  • ISBN: 1442664088
  • ISBN: 9781442664081
  • ISBN: 144266407X
  • ISBN: 9781442664074
  • Physical Description: 1 online resource (ix, 183 pages)
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  • Publisher: Toronto [Ont.] : University of Toronto Press, ©2012.

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Bibliography, etc. Note: Includes bibliographical references (pages 155-164) and index.
Formatted Contents Note: Finding and enforcing limits -- Phronesis vs. Techne -- The decline of good judgment -- The rise of technical knowledge -- Responses to the the great reversal -- Virtue in a technological age.
Subject: Technology and civilization
Technology -- Philosophy
Technology -- Social aspects
Technology -- Moral and ethical aspects
Virtue
SCIENCE -- Philosophy & Social Aspects
SOCIAL SCIENCE -- General
Technology and civilization
Technology -- Moral and ethical aspects
Technology -- Philosophy
Technology -- Social aspects
Virtue
Genre: Electronic books.
Electronic books.

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