Technology and the Future, 8th Edition

Albert H. Teich, editor

Topical Contents 

Computers and Information Technology
Democracy, Politics, and Policy
Employment and Work
Futures Studies
Gender, Race, and Technology
Genetics
Research and Big Science
Technology and Culture
Technology and Social Problems

 

COMPUTERS AND INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY

5.  Why I am Not Going to Buy a Computer
            Wendell Berry

12.  Black Futurists in the Information Age
            Timothy L. Jenkins

17.  An Unforeseen Revolution:  Computers and Expectations, 1935-1985
            Paul Ceruzzi

22.  Computer Ethics
            Tom Forester and Perry Morrison

23.  Electronic Privacy in the Twenty-First Century
            Fred H. Cate

24.  In the Age of the Smart Machine
            Shoshana Zuboff

25.  Being Digital
            Nicholas Negroponte

26.  Being Analog
            Donald A. Norman
 

DEMOCRACY, POLITICS, AND POLICY

2.  Technopoly:  The Broken Defenses
            Neil Postman

7.  The Role of Technology in Society
            Emmanuel G. Mesthene

8.  Technology:  The Opiate of the Intellectuals
            John McDermott

10.  Can Technology Be Humane?
            Paul Goodman

11.  Technological Politics as if Democracy Really Mattered
            Richard Sclove

14.  Do Artifacts Have Politics?
            Langdon Winner

21.  The Wisdom of Repugnance
            Leon R. Kass

23.  Electronic Privacy in the Twenty-First Century
            Fred H. Cate
 

EMPLOYMENT AND WORK

9.  Buddhist Economics
            E. F. Schumacher

11.  Technological Politics as if Democracy Really Mattered
            Richard Sclove

13.  Feminist Perspectives on Technology
            Judy Wajcman

24.  In the Age of the Smart Machine
            Shoshana Zuboff
 

FUTURES STUDIES

1.  Does Improved Technology Mean Progress?
            Leo Marx

12.  Black Futurists in the Information Age
            Timothy L. Jenkins

15.  The Year 2000:  A View from 1967
            Herman Kahn and Anthony J. Wiener

16.  Great Expectations:  Why Technology Predictions Go Awry
            Herb Brody

17.  An Unforeseen Revolution:  Computers and Expectations, 1935-1985
            Paul Ceruzzi

18.  107 Assumptions About the Future
            Joseph F. Coates, John B. Mahaffie, and Andy Hines
 

GENDER, RACE, AND TECHNOLOGY

12.  Black Futurists in the Information Age
            Timothy L. Jenkins

13.  Feminist Perspectives on Technology
            Judy Wajcman

20.  And Baby Makes Three – Or Four, or Five, or Six: Defining the Family After the Genetic Revolution
            R. Alta Charo
 

GENETICS

19.  The Dark Side of the Genome
            Robert A. Weinberg

20.  And Baby Makes Three – Or Four, or Five, or Six: Defining the Family After the Genetic Revolution
            R. Alta Charo

21.  The Wisdom of Repugnance
            Leon R. Kass
 

RESEARCH AND BIG SCIENCE

4.  Can Technology Replace Social Engineering?
            Alvin M. Weinberg

10.  Can Technology Be Humane?
            Paul Goodman

11.  Technological Politics as if Democracy Really Mattered
            Richard Sclove

16.  Great Expectations:  Why Technology Predictions Go Awry
            Herb Brody

19.  The Dark Side of the Genome
            Robert A. Weinberg
 

TECHNOLOGY AND CULTURE

1.  Does Improved Technology Mean Progress?
            Leo Marx

2.  Technopoly:  The Broken Defenses
            Neil Postman

3.  Technological Momentum
            Thomas P. Hughes

5.  Why I am Not Going to Buy a Computer
            Wendell Berry

6.  Technology and Tragic View
            Samuel C. Florman

10.  Can Technology Be Humane?
            Paul Goodman

13.  Feminist Perspectives on Technology
            Judy Wajcman

14.  Do Artifacts Have Politics?
            Langdon Winner

27.  Packing Tips for Your Trip (to the Year 2195)
            Douglas Coupland
 

TECHNOLOGY AND SOCIAL PROBLEMS

4.  Can Technology Replace Social Engineering?
            Alvin M. Weinberg

6.  Technology and Tragic View
            Samuel C. Florman

7.  The Role of Technology in Society
            Emmanuel G. Mesthene

8.  Technology:  The Opiate of the Intellectuals
            John McDermott

11.  Technological Politics as if Democracy Really Mattered
            Richard Sclove

12.  Black Futurists in the Information Age
            Timothy L. Jenkins

20.  And Baby Makes Three – Or Four, or Five, or Six: Defining the Family After the Genetic Revolution
            R. Alta Charo
 

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