Books

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Title Authors Description OpenBook ID
Growing moral relations Growing moral relations Mark Coeckelbergh "New scientific and technological developments challenge us to reconsider the moral status of entities such as chimpanzees or artificially intelligent robots: what place should we give them in our mo… OL16714529W
New Dark Age New Dark Age James Bridle As the world around us increases in technological complexity, our understanding of it diminishes. Underlying this trend is a single idea: the belief that our existence is understandable through compu… OL17919031W
Present shock Present shock Douglas Rushkoff "An award-winning author explores how the world works in our age of "continuous now". Back in the 1970s, futurism was all the rage. But looking forward is becoming a thing of the past. According to … OL19667275W
The dark side of technology The dark side of technology Peter Townsend,P. D. Townsend Technological progress comes with a dark side where good ideas and intentions produce undesirable results. The many and various unexpected outcomes of technology span humorous to bizarre, and even re… OL19726647W
Essentials of Risk Theory Essentials of Risk Theory Sabine Roeser Risk has become one of the main topics in fields as diverse as engineering, medicine and economics, and it is also studied by social scientists, psychologists and legal scholars. This Springer Essent… OL19848445W
Heidegger on ontotheology Heidegger on ontotheology Iain D. Thomson Restoring Heidegger's understanding of metaphysics as 'ontotheology' to its rightful place at the center of his later thought, this book demonstrates the depth and significance of his controversial c… OL19854999W
Pragmatism and the Forms of Sense Pragmatism and the Forms of Sense Robert E. Innis "Making sense of the world around us is a process involving both semiotic and material mediation - the use of signs and sign systems (preeminently language) and various kinds of tools (technics).". … OL3961143W
Meaning in Technology Meaning in Technology Arnold Pacey In previous books, Arnold Pacey has written about the role of ideas and ideals in the creation of technology, about the global history of technology, and about the complex interaction of political, c… OL4102834W
Operating manual for spaceship earth Operating manual for spaceship earth R. Buckminster Fuller Edited and re-released by Fuller's grandson, Jamie Snyder, this edition is true to the original manuscript but adds helpful footnotes providing a modern context to some of the figures and predictions… OL4109899W