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Technology and the Future, 9th edition
Albert H. Teich, editor
Topical Contents 

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

Bioethics

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

18. Remarks by the President on Stem Cell Research
          President George W. Bush

19. Hard Cell: A Commentary on the President’s Stem Cell Address
         Thomas H. Murray

20. The Wisdom of Repugnance
         Leon R. Kass

21. Science Fiction: A Comment on Leon Kass’s Bioethics
        Jerome Groopman



Computers and Information Technology

4. Why I Am Not Going to Buy a Computer
        Wendell Berry

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

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

23. Computer Ethics
        Tom Forester and Perry Morrison

24. The Internet Under Siege
        Lawrence Lessig

25. In the Age of the Smart Machine
       Shoshana Zuboff

26. The Logistics of Technowar
       Gene I. Rochlin



Democracy, Politics, and Policy

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

7. Technology: The Opiate of the Intellectuals
       John McDermott

9. Can Technology Be Humane?
       Paul Goodman

10. Technological Politics as if Democracy Really Mattered
       Richard Sclove

11. Western Colonization of the Future
       Ziauddin Sardar

14. Do Artifacts Have Politics?
       Langdon Winner

15. Terrorism and Brittle Technology
       Amory B. Lovins and L. Hunter Lovins

16. Technological Vulnerability
       Brian Martin



Employment and Work 

8. Buddhist Economics
       E. F. Schumacher

10. Technological Politics as if Democracy Really Mattered
      Richard Sclove

13. Feminist Perspectives on Technology
       Judy Wajcman

25. 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

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

27. Why the Future Doesn’t Need Us
       Bill Joy

28. A Response to Bill Joy and the Doom-and-Gloom Technofuturists
       John Seely Brown and Paul Duguid

29. In Touch at Last
       Seth Shostak



Gender, Ethnicity, Race, and Technology

11. Western Colonization of the Future
       Z iauddin Sardar

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

13. Feminist Perspectives on Technology
        Judy Wajcman



Research and Big Science

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

9. Can Technology Be Humane?
       Paul Goodman

10. Technological Politics as if Democracy Really Mattered
        Richard Sclove

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



Technology and Culture

1. Does Improved Technology Mean Progress?
      Leo Marx

2. How Technology Shapes Society
      Robert Pool

4. Why I Am Not Going to Buy a Computer
      Wendell Berry

5. Technology and the Tragic View
      Samuel C. Florman

9. Can Technology Be Humane?
      Paul Goodman

11. Western Colonization of the Future
       Ziauddin Sardar

13. Feminist Perspectives on Technology
       Judy Wajcman

14. Do Artifacts Have Politics?
       Langdon Winner



Technology and Social Problems

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

5. Technology and the Tragic View
       Samuel C. Florman

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

7. Technology: The Opiate of the Intellectuals
      John McDermott

9. Can Technology Be Humane?
      Paul Goodman

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