Technological Impact on Society
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Title & Subtitle | Abstract | Contributors | Pages | Year | Purchase |
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![]() Back to the WellRethinking the Future of Water |
Droughts. Floods. Contamination. Climate change. The perils to the global fresh-water supply have never been so clear or so numerous, as the crisis in Cape Town’s water supply in early 2018 … | Marq de Villiers | 378 | 2018 | View |
![]() i-Minds, 2nd editionHow and Why Constant Connectivity is Rewiring Our Brains and What to Do About it |
The way we use i-technology is affecting our health and happiness. While programs, devices, information, and constant connectivity can offer us ease, liberation, and efficiency, they can also … | Mari K Swingle | 528 | 2019 | View |
![]() National Security LawCanadian Practice in International Perspective |
National Security Law is a comprehensive handbook that focuses on the law and legal instruments governing the Canadian state’s response to events that jeopardize its “national … | Craig Forcese | 688 | 2007 | View |
![]() Techno-FixWhy Technology Won't Save Us or the Environment |
Nanotechnology! Genetic engineering! Miracle Drugs! We are promised that new technological developments will magically save us from the dire consequences of the 300-year fossil-fueled binge known … | Joyce Huesemann; Michael Huesemann | 464 | 2011 | View |
From ![]() Defining National SecurityFrom: National Security Law |
Introduces national security by evaluating different definitions of national security and giving a brief overview of national security law, focusing on its structure, objectives, tools and … | Craig Forcese | 11 | 2007 | $1.10 Add |
From ![]() IntroductionThe Administration of Justice and National Security in Democracies From: In The Balance |
Introduces the administration of justice and national security in democracies, focusing on the question of terrorism. A brief overview of the book is also given. | Christopher K Penny | 9 | 2011 | $0.90 Add |
From ![]() IntroductionFrom: Techno-Fix |
Techno-Fix questions a primary paradigm of our age: that advanced technology alone will extricate us from an ever-increasing load of social, environmental and economic ills. Techno-Fix shows why … | Joyce Huesemann; Michael Huesemann | 6 | 2011 | $0.60 Add |
From ![]() IntroductionFrom: i-Minds, 2nd edition |
My objective? To have us all pondering and examining. To “rise in arms” not against the i-tech industry but to our own blind acceptance or complacency, to our apparent apathy, and the … | Mari K Swingle | 1 | 2019 | $0.10 Add |
From ![]() IntroductionA Few Assertions From: Back to the Well |
de Villiers begins the books with 4 assertions about our water future: 1. We aren’t doomed (yet). 2. There is not a global-scale water crisis. Rather, there are thousands of regional water … | Marq de Villiers | 4 | 2018 | $0.40 Add |
From ![]() Dilemmas in National Security LawFrom: National Security Law |
Explores the pertinent dilemmas that exist in national security law, particularly focusing on the balance between national security and other fundamental rights, the question of democratic … | Craig Forcese | 5 | 2007 | $0.50 Add |
From ![]() Islamist TerrorismAssessing Threats to Democracy From: In The Balance |
Assesses the challenges that Islamist terrorism pose to Western democracies by considering the threat of jihadist terrorism and post-9/11 developments. The question of what role the law can play … | Lorenzo Vidino | 9 | 2011 | $0.90 Add |
From ![]() The Dismal Arithmetic of WaterFrom: Back to the Well |
In this chapter, de Villiers outlines the anatomy of a water crisis, using the city of Sao Paulo Brazil as an example. He shows how limits in supply and distribution, in concert with growing … | Marq de Villiers | 12 | 2018 | $1.20 Add |
From ![]() The Inherent Unavoidability and Unpredictability of Unintended ConsequencesFrom: Techno-Fix |
The Inherent Unavoidability and Unpredictability of Unintended Consequences postulates that there are always positive and negative effects of any technology. It is impossible for humans to … | Joyce Huesemann; Michael Huesemann | 15 | 2011 | $1.50 Add |
From ![]() The ShiftFrom: i-Minds, 2nd edition |
Every era has an innovation that changes the face of society: the way we think, the way we act and interact as individuals, as a community, and as a culture. As the innovation is introduced, it … | Mari K Swingle | 11 | 2019 | $1.10 Add |
From ![]() Canada’s New Carscape:Town and Country Remade From: Car Nation |
1912-1930. Analyzes the spread of the car in popularity and the freedom it represented to Canadians as you could now travel across the country, the changes to cities because of the car, road … | Dimitry Anastakis | 17 | 2008 | $1.70 Add |
From ![]() Human Rights in Times of TerrorA Judicial Point of View From: In The Balance |
Discusses the role of human rights in times of terror, focusing on the role of the judge in protecting democracy, the need for an approach that balances national security and human rights, as … | Aharon Barak | 17 | 2011 | $1.70 Add |