Technological Impact on Society
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Title & Subtitle | Abstract | Contributors | Pages | Year | Purchase |
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From The Need for a Different WorldviewFrom: Techno-Fix |
The Need for A Different Worldview suggests that a shift is needed to a different view of reality, one that is based on the fact of interconnectedness rather than the illusion of separateness, a … | Joyce Huesemann; Michael Huesemann | 29 | 2011 | $2.90 Add |
From DetentionFrom: National Security Law |
Focuses on detention and national security, providing information on international principles relevant to detention, such as standards in international humanitarian law and international human … | Craig Forcese | 72 | 2007 | $7.20 Add |
From Learning, Play, and ParentingConflicting Needs in a Busy, Busy World From: i-Minds, 2nd edition |
With a little walk through history, and a little more developmental theory, I will explore larger cultural shifts in parenting and family systems, expand on the blurred lines of learning and … | Mari K Swingle | 22 | 2019 | $2.20 Add |
From NEW! Legal Issues: Genetic Testing and DiscriminationPart Three — Research on Human Embryos From: Fertility |
In Legal Issues: Genetic Testing and Discrimination McTeer outlines some of the legal risks associated and that can be spurred on by genetic testing. The chapter discusses topics such as genetic … | Maureen McTeer | 5 | 2022 | $0.50 Add |
From Reframing the DebateFrom: Back to the Well |
In this chapter, de Villiers begins approaching solutions for water crises by asking us to reframe the issue, by thinking and acting on a local level. | Marq de Villiers | 6 | 2018 | $0.60 Add |
From The Design of Envrionmentally Sustainable and Socially Appropriate TechnologiesFrom: Techno-Fix |
The Design of Environmentally Sustainable and Socially Appropriate Technologies suggests specific environmental and social design criteria for new technologies, the importance of the … | Joyce Huesemann; Michael Huesemann | 21 | 2011 | $2.10 Add |
From NEW! The Special Case of AI and Big Data–Based PolicingThe Dream of the Smart City From: Dream States |
The Dream of the Smart City: Part 8 explores data-based policing. Topics discussed include facial recognition, surveillance networks., data-intensive policing technologies, and algorithms. | John Lorinc | 17 | 2022 | $1.70 Add |
From Critical Science and Social ResponsibilityFrom: Techno-Fix |
Critical Science and Social Responsibility outlines ways to increase the awareness of scientists and engineers regarding their social responsibilities as well as ways to transform current science … | Joyce Huesemann; Michael Huesemann | 31 | 2011 | $3.10 Add |
From NEW! Genome Editing — Research and ReproductionPart Three — Research on Human Embryos From: Fertility |
In Genome Editing — Research and Reproduction McTeer explains genome editing and the serious and controversial questions to be raised about its purposes and limits. The chapter explains … | Maureen McTeer | 7 | 2022 | $0.70 Add |
From InterrogationsFrom: National Security Law |
Discusses interrogations, considering the relationship between interrogations and national security, as well as limits on techniques of interrogation as provided by international human rights … | Craig Forcese | 31 | 2007 | $3.10 Add |
From SocializationChild's Play From: i-Minds, 2nd edition |
In this chapter, I will start a discussion on how, in the name of discipline, safety, and humaneness, i-tech has found yet another niche. How, for better or for worse, i-tech is now the principal … | Mari K Swingle | 21 | 2019 | $2.10 Add |
From NEW! The Utopianism of Smart City MegaprojectsThe Dream of the Smart City From: Dream States |
The Dream of the Smart City: Part 9 explores megaprojects. Topics discussed include profits, the rise of entrepreneurial urbanization,’ the quasi-privatized new cities, and the examples of … | John Lorinc | 11 | 2022 | $1.10 Add |
From The Way of the EngineerFrom: Back to the Well |
In this chapter, de Villiers explores new technologies and innovative solutions to water shortages, and shows how we can engineer more efficient ways to use our limited water supply. | Marq de Villiers | 18 | 2018 | $1.80 Add |
From Soft-Path SolutionsFrom: Back to the Well |
In this chapter, de Villiers continues to discuss efficiency and suggests that we should focus on increasing that instead of trying to redistribute and increase our water supply. | Marq de Villiers | 20 | 2018 | $2.00 Add |
From NEW! The Birth of Children with an Altered Genome and the International ResponsesPart Three — Research on Human Embryos From: Fertility |
In The Birth of Children with an Altered Genome and the International Responses McTeer examines the ethics behind and response to Chinese researcher Dr. He Jiankui’s experiment on genome … | Maureen McTeer | 4 | 2022 | $0.40 Add |
From The Good, the Bad, and the NeutralFrom: i-Minds, 2nd edition |
In this chapter and those following, I will continue to build on these arguments but also build further upon the argument of the importance of people: that i-tech should not replace human … | Mari K Swingle | 20 | 2019 | $2.00 Add |