Surviving the Techstorm

Disruptive technologies, including steam power, the cotton gin, and more efficient iron production, radically transformed society, upending traditional hierarchies, reshaping economies, and even modifying relationships with the natural world. [...]the most important message that Wallach shares- and...

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Published in:Issues in Science and Technology 2016, Vol.32 (4), p.93-95
Main Author: Pauwels, Eleonore
Format: Review
Language:English
Subjects:
Capital distributions
Capitalism
Citizens
Cotton
Democracy
Editing
Fiction
Genetics
Hierarchies
Innovation
Innovations
Iron
Iron and steel making
Manufacturing
Production
Radicalism
Social Systems
Society
Steam
Steam electric power generation
Steam power
Technological progress
Values
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Summary:Disruptive technologies, including steam power, the cotton gin, and more efficient iron production, radically transformed society, upending traditional hierarchies, reshaping economies, and even modifying relationships with the natural world. [...]the most important message that Wallach shares- and I appreciate his effort to do so with elegance and perspicacity throughout the book-is that we need to harness the full force of our democracy to shape technological progress according to our values.
ISSN:0748-5492
1938-1557