Technology Matters: Questions to Live With (MIT Press)
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| Rating | : | 4.81 (742 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 0262640678 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 304 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2017-10-05 |
| Language | : | English |
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"Technology Does Matter" according to John A. Daly. David Nye in his book, Technology Matters, persuasively makes the case against technological determinism, suggesting instead that culture and technology interact, each evolving in ways affected by the other. I enjoyed the book, especially as an introduction to a large body of literature on technology and society. I came away from reading the book with a strong hope that we learn how better to make technological decisions, for example by improving the use of advisory bodies for government and corporate decision makers.. Redhead18 said Thought provoking and well written. This book raise important questions and is well written and researched. Though I disagreed with the author sometimeshis points are reasoned and researched. He discusses both the positive aspects of technology and the sometimes frighteningquestions surrounding. Mind-expanding.. Insightful Amazon Customer Great well written and researched book that will helps provide a big picture view of how technology and society are deeply intertwined.
How does technology influence how we interact with nature, how we care for ourselves, and how we learn and work? Are our technologies improving our lives or limiting our horizons and endangering our very existence? The issues pertaining to the role of technology on earth are complex and ever more urgent, and Nye provides an invaluably methodical and provocative primer. All rights reserved. Donna SeamanCopyright © American Library Association. In an accessible narrative spiked with clarion examples and nimble interpretations, Nye poses a series of leading questions that guide readers to a more accurate perception of the unintended, unpredictable, and serendipitous evo
Nye is Professor of American Studies at the Danish Institute of Advanced Study at the University of Southern Denmark. He is the author of Technology Matters: Questions to Live With and When the Lights Went Out: A History of Blackouts in America, both published by the MIT Press, and other books. David E.
He asks: Can we define technology? Does technology shape us, or do we shape it? Is technology inevitable or unpredictable? (Why do experts often fail to get it right?)? How do historians understand it? Are we using modern technology to create cultural uniformity, or diversity? To create abundance, or an ecological crisis? To destroy jobs or create new opportunities? Should "the market" choose our technologies? Do advanced technologies make us more secure, or escalate dangers? Does ubiquitous technology expand our mental horizons, or encapsulate us in artifice?These large questions may have no final answers yet, but we need to wrestle with them -- to live them, so that we may, as Rilke puts it, "live along some dista