Technological Impact on Society

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Title & Subtitle	Abstract	Contributors	Pages	Year	Purchase
From NEW! Stem Cell Research Part Three — Research on Human Embryos From: Fertility View Irwin Law Inc.	In Stem Cell Research McTeer outlines what stem cell research is and what it can be used for. In the chapter she explores topics including types of stem cells, the stem cell oversight committee, …	Maureen McTeer	6	2022	$0.60 Add
From Surveillance From: National Security Law View Irwin Law Inc.	Discusses surveillance, particularly looking at privacy protections through both international and constitutional frameworks, statutory protections from surveillance, the role of the Criminal …	Craig Forcese	43	2007	$4.30 Add
From Sustainability or Collapse? From: Techno-Fix View New Society Publishers	Sustainability or Collapse? argues that there are at least three critical technological challenges that must be met in order to produce long-term sustainability: avoiding serious environmental …	Joyce Huesemann; Michael Huesemann	34	2011	$3.40 Add
Techno-Fix Why Technology Won't Save Us or the Environment New Society Publishers	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 Technological Integration Versus Technological Interference From: i-Minds, 2nd edition View New Society Publishers	At the onset of the i-tech phenomenon, most of us first noted surface changes. For example, what we perceived as an emergent shallowness of information, a subtle lack of depth and length of …	Mari K Swingle	12	2019	$1.20 Add
From Technological Optimism and Belief in Progress From: Techno-Fix View New Society Publishers	Technological Optimism and Belief in Progress postulates that belief in progress exhibits characteristics similar to those of religious faith and that most techno-optimism is based on ignorance, …	Joyce Huesemann; Michael Huesemann	33	2011	$3.30 Add
From Technology, Exploitation and Fairness From: Techno-Fix View New Society Publishers	Technology, Exploitation and Fairness advances the thesis that many technologies are regrettably used for control and exploitation of both humans and the environment, leading inevitably to …	Joyce Huesemann; Michael Huesemann	27	2011	$2.70 Add
From Terrorism Trials From: In The Balance View Irwin Law Inc.	Discusses terrorism trials, focusing on security concerns, the use of technology, evidence and judicial independence.	Ian Bruce Josephson	6	2011	$0.60 Add
From The Administration of Justice, the Charter, and Canada’s National Security From: In The Balance View Irwin Law Inc.	Discusses the administration of justice, the Charter and Canada’s national security, focusing on the tensions between state secrecy and the open court principle. Significant cases such as …	Stanley A Cohen	26	2011	$2.60 Add
From The Attention Economy From: i-Minds, 2nd edition View New Society Publishers	Tuning in at the moment is no longer sufficient. The media want our attention extended, continued, and reengaged after necessary absences such as work and sleep.	Mari K Swingle	12	2019	$1.20 Add
From The Biological Science What's Really Going on in Our Brains? From: i-Minds, 2nd edition View New Society Publishers	I am going to get down to the hard science: what really goes on in our brains when we overengage in i-tech. To this end, I will introduce modalities that permit us to examine the i-phenomenon at …	Mari K Swingle	21	2019	$2.10 Add
From NEW! The Birth of Children with an Altered Genome and the International Responses Part Three — Research on Human Embryos From: Fertility View Irwin Law Inc.	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 NEW! The Constitutional Division of Powers in Canada Part One — IVF: The Beginning of a Modern Human Reproduction Revolution From: Fertility View Irwin Law Inc.	In The Constitutional Division of Powers in Canada McTeer examines the challenges of regulating reproductive rights over the federal, provincial, and municipal levels of government in Canada.	Maureen McTeer	6	2022	$0.60 Add
From NEW! The Court Challenges to the Act Part One — IVF: The Beginning of a Modern Human Reproduction Revolution From: Fertility View Irwin Law Inc.	In The Court Challenges to the Act McTeer examines the first challenges to the 2004 Assisted Human Reproduction Act. The chapter explores the case study of the Quebec’s Court of Appeal; in …	Maureen McTeer	10	2022	$1.00 Add
From The Design of Envrionmentally Sustainable and Socially Appropriate Technologies From: Techno-Fix View New Society Publishers	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 The Dismal Arithmetic of Water From: Back to the Well View Collection: Water and Climate Change: Impacts on Canada and the World Goose Lane Editions	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