Technological Impact on Society

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Title & Subtitle	Abstract	Contributors	Pages	Year	Purchase
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
From NEW! The Federal Government’s Response Part One — IVF: The Beginning of a Modern Human Reproduction Revolution From: Fertility View Irwin Law Inc.	In The Federal Government’s Response McTeer examines the path of regulations on IVF into legislation in Canada. The chapter discusses the Baird Commission and 1993 report, the 1998 …	Maureen McTeer	8	2022	$0.80 Add
From NEW! The Federal Royal Commission on New Reproductive Technologies Part One — IVF: The Beginning of a Modern Human Reproduction Revolution From: Fertility View Irwin Law Inc.	In The Federal Royal Commission on New Reproductive Technologies McTeer examines Canada’s study and regulation of assisted reproductive technologies and practices beginning in 1988. The …	Maureen McTeer	8	2022	$0.80 Add
From The Good, the Bad, and the Neutral From: i-Minds, 2nd edition View New Society Publishers	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
From The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly Esports and the Business of Gaming From: i-Minds, 2nd edition View New Society Publishers	We need more fun in our lives. But, when gaming morphs into obsession, replaces and supersedes multiple forms of physical and mental leisure activity, adversely starts to affect physical health, …	Mari K Swingle	16	2019	$1.60 Add
From The Inherent Unavoidability and Unpredictability of Unintended Consequences From: Techno-Fix View New Society Publishers	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