Transforming Technology : A Critical Theory Revisited

Andrew Feenberg
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Thoroughly revised, this new edition of Critical Theory of Technology rethinks the relationships between technology, rationality, and democracy, arguing that the degradation of labor--as well as of many environmental, educational, and political syste ...

Philosophy and Technology

Roger Fellows
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This collection of essays examines the philosophical and cultural aspects of technology. The issues range widely--from quantum technology to problems of technology and culture in a developing country and contributors approach the issues from a variet ...

Engineering Ethics

Charles B. Fledderman
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Purpose of this book is to provide a text and a resource for the study of engineering ethics and to help future engineers be prepared for confronting and resolving ethical dilemmas that they might encounter during their professional careers. It is pa ...

Studying Those Who Study Us : An Anthropologist in the World of Artificial Intelligence

Diana E. Forsythe
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Diana E. Forsythe was a leading anthropologist of science, technology, and work, and especially of the field of artificial intelligence. This volume collects her best-known essays, along with other major works that remained unpublished upon her death ...

Against the Machine : The Hidden Luddite Tradition in Literature, Art, and Individual Lives

Nicols Fox
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From the cars we drive to the instant messages we receive, from debate about genetically modified foods to astonishing strides in cloning, robotics, and nanotechnology, it would be hard to deny technology's powerful grip on our lives. To stop and ask ...

Pulse : The Coming Age of Systems and Machines Inspired by Living Things

Robert Frenay
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Database Nation : The Death of Privacy in the 21st Century

Simson Garfinkel
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Garfinkel has written a compelling account of how invasive technologies will affect personal privacy in the coming years. It's a timely, far-reaching and thought-provoking look at the serious threats to privacy today.

Microcosm : The Quantum Revolution in Economics and Technology

George Gilder
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The crystal ball of the next technological era. Leading scientists, engineers, and entrepreneurs provide vivid accounts of the latest inventions, revealing how the new international balance of power really lies in information technology.

Wired Shut : Copyright and the Shape of Digital Culture

Tarleton Gillespie
Hardcover - $47.95

In this work, the author looks at how the shift toward "technical copy protection" in the battle over digital copyright depends on changing political and commercial alignments that are profoundly shaping the future of cultural expression in a digital ...

Robot in the Garden : Telerobotics and Telepistemology in the Age of the Internet

Ken Goldberg
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"The Robot in the Garden initiates a critical theory of telerobotics and introduces telepistemology, the study of knowledge acquired at a distance. Many of our most influential technologies, the telescope, telephone, and television, were developed to ...