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Technology and Society: Building our Sociotechnical Future (Inside Technology) by [compiled and edited by] Deborah G. Johnson and Jameson M. Wetmore is a book available to read on EtoBox.

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An anthology of writings by thinkers ranging from Freeman Dyson to Bruno Latour that focuses on the interconnections of technology, society, and values and how these may affect the future. Technological change does not happen in a vacuum; decisions about which technologies to develop, fund, market, and use engage ideas about values as well as calculations of costs and benefits. This anthology focuses on the interconnections of technology, society, and values. It offers writings by authorities as varied as Freeman Dyson, Laurence Lessig, Bruno Latour, and Judy Wajcman that will introduce readers to recent thinking about technology and provide them with conceptual tools, a theoretical framework, and knowledge to help understand how technology shapes society and how society shapes technology. It offers readers a new perspective on such current issues as globalization, the balance between security and privacy, environmental justice, and poverty in the developing world. The careful ordering of the selections and the editors' introductions give Technology and Society a coherence and flow that is unusual in anthologies. The book is suitable for use in undergraduate courses in STS and othe

Author

[compiled and edited by] Deborah G. Johnson and Jameson M. Wetmore

Publisher

Cambridge, Mass.: The MIT Press

Published

2009

Language

EN

ISBN

9780262303385

Subjects

Technology, Engineering, History