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From  The Positive Biases of Technology Assessments and Cost-Benefit AnalysesFrom: Techno-Fix |
The Positive Biases of Technology Assessments and Cost-Benefit Analyses demonstrates how each step in the standard cost-benefit analysis procedure has intrinsic problems and ambiguities, some of … | Joyce Huesemann; Michael Huesemann | 38 | 2011 | $3.80 Add |
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From  The Story of AlphaFrom: i-Minds, 2nd edition |
In this chapter, I will discuss my discovery of the signature for modern excess: a form of brain deregulation purely associated with excessive use of i-media. | Mari K Swingle | 16 | 2019 | $1.60 Add |
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From  Biophilic ScienceA Brighter Future |
All too often, science is now being used for technological applications that have nothing to do with human needs and aim only at creating new artificial wants. Even the most enthusiastic … | Alan C. Logan; Susan L. Prescott | 40 | 2017 | $4.00 Add |
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From HappinessFrom: Techno-Fix |
Happiness provides extensive evidence that material affluence, consumerism and economic growth brought about by advances in science and technology have failed to improve psychological well-being … | Joyce Huesemann; Michael Huesemann | 37 | 2011 | $3.70 Add |
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From  Minimizing Farming’s Water NeedsFrom: Back to the Well |
In this chapter, de Villiers looks at the vast amount of water used by the agricultural sector and ways to reduce that total, either by changing how we grow crops or by changing which crops we grow. | Marq de Villiers | 16 | 2018 | $1.60 Add |
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From  NEW! School of ScreensFrom: Childhood Unplugged |
In this chapter, Martinko discusses navigating an increase of technology use in schools. Martinko describes how COVID-19 impacted the learning experience for children and why she opted to educate … | Katherine Johnson Martinko | 18 | 2023 | $1.80 Add |
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From  NEW! Smart Cities, Big Data, and a Question of TrustThe Dream of the Smart City From: Dream States |
The Dream of the Smart City: Part 4 discusses questions of personal data. Topics discussed include open access, data and privacy, data bias, open data, and municipal dashboards. | John Lorinc | 17 | 2022 | $1.70 Add |
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From The Narrowing of MindsFrom: i-Minds, 2nd edition |
How do you measure creativity if you never find it in the first place? I have noticed over the past five to eight years is that youth are progressively less aware of their creative potential. … | Mari K Swingle | 26 | 2019 | $2.60 Add |
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From  NEW! The Provinces and Territories Amend Their Family LawsPart Two — Provincial Legislation: Assisted Human Reproduction and the Changing Definitions of Family From: Fertility |
In The Provinces and Territories Amend Their Family Laws McTeer examines how the legislatures across Canada developed surprisingly similar rules for parentage in situations of assisted … | Maureen McTeer | 47 | 2022 | $4.70 Add |
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From Climate ChangeFrom: Back to the Well |
In this chapter, de Villiers explores the impacts of climate change on our global water supply, including who will be most affected and to what degree. | Marq de Villiers | 15 | 2018 | $1.50 Add |
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From Of Systems and ProcessFrom: i-Minds, 2nd edition |
We want to teach children not only how to use technologies, but how to choose technologies, and how to make them. We also want to teach them the caveats including biological hijacking and … | Mari K Swingle | 24 | 2019 | $2.40 Add |
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From NEW! Smart City Tech and the Promise of Green CitiesThe Dream of the Smart City From: Dream States |
The Dream of the Smart City: Part 5 explores the possibility of green cities with smart innovation. Topics discussed include post-industrial cities, climate change, pollution, urban … | John Lorinc | 16 | 2022 | $1.60 Add |
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From NEW! The Legal Status of a Child in CanadaPart Two — Provincial Legislation: Assisted Human Reproduction and the Changing Definitions of Family From: Fertility |
In The Legal Status of a Child in Canada McTeer examines the legislation defining who qualifies as a child in each province and territory and provides the summarized details by province or territory. | Maureen McTeer | 9 | 2022 | $0.90 Add |
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From The Uncritical Acceptance of New TechnologiesFrom: Techno-Fix |
The Uncritical Acceptance of New Technologies discusses five topics related to the widespread belief in the inevitability of technological change: the myth of value-neutrality, the technological … | Joyce Huesemann; Michael Huesemann | 20 | 2011 | $2.00 Add |
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From Back to BiologyPeigenetics and Vestibular Regulation From: i-Minds, 2nd edition |
Epigenetics simply means is how our individual genetics mix with all the potential influences in our individual environment. As we are increasingly learning, epigenetics are not only important, … | Mari K Swingle | 16 | 2019 | $1.60 Add |
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From More People Using Ever More WaterFrom: Back to the Well |
In this chapter, de Villiers looks at the impact of population growth on water availability, and tries to answer the question of whether there will be enough clean, safe water for a more populous … | Marq de Villiers | 9 | 2018 | $0.90 Add |
