Technology and Man's Future
Albert H. Teich, editor
New York:  St. Martin's Press
First edition, 1972
Technology and Man's Future, 1st ed. cover Technology and Man's Future originated in the syllabus for a graduate seminar that I taught at Syracuse University in 1970-71.  The original title (changed to Technology and the Future for the 4th edition) was borrowed from an essay by futurist Hasan Ozbekan that, ironically, was dropped from the book due to space constraints. 

The readings contrasted the perspectives of a number of scientists with those of several technological critics.  They included Emmanuel Mesthene's attempt to reconcile these disparate views and John McDermott's bitter critique of Mesthene, concluding with a series of essays on the then-new field of technology assessment.  Only four of the 18 articles in the original book have appeared in all seven subsequent editions.


Contents
Introduction
1.  Scientific Views of Advancing Technology

Forecasts of Some Technological and Scientific Developments and Their Societal Consequences
    Theodore J. Gordon and Robert H. Ament

Science, Technology and National Goals
    The President's Task Force on Science Policy

Can Technology Replace Social Engineering?
    Alvin M. Weinberg

Science and Social Attitudes
    Robert S. Morison

Pure Technology   (Read the full text of this article:  (HTML version) (pdf version)
           "Daedalus of New Scientist"

2.  Philosophers of the Technological Age

from Understanding Media
    Marshall McLuhan

The New Forms of Control
    Herbert Marcuse

from The Technological Society
    Jacques Ellul

Toward the Creation of Technological Man
    Victor C. Ferkiss

3.  An Attempt at Synthesis

The Role of Technology in Society
    Emmanuel G. Mesthene

Technology:  The Opiate of the Intellectuals
    John McDermott

Can Technology Be Humane?
    Paul Goodman

4.  The Movement Toward Control:  Technology Assessment

Technology Assessment
    Emilio Q. Daddario

Technology:  Processes of Assessment and Choice
    Harvey Brooks and Raymond Bowers

A Study of Technology Assessment
    Committee on Public Engineering Policy, National Academy of Engineering

The Role of Technology Assessment in Public Policy
    Hugh Folk

The Adversary Process in Technology Assessment
    Harold P. Green

The Role of the Social Sciences in the Control of Technology
    Kenneth E. Boulding

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