Ebook: A dangerous master : how to keep technology from slipping beyond our control
Author: Wallach Wendell
- Tags: Technological innovations -- Effect of technological innovations on. Technological innovations -- Moral and ethical aspects. Inventions -- Social aspects. Technology -- Social aspects. Social groups. Progress -- Social aspects. Technological innovations -- Social aspects. SOCIAL SCIENCE / General
- Year: 2015
- Publisher: Basic Books
- City: New York
- Language: English
- epub
We live in an age of awesome technological potential. From nanotechnology to synthetic organisms, new technologies stand to revolutionize whole domains of human experience. But with awesome potential comes awesome risk: drones can deliver a bomb as readily as they can a new smartphone; makers and hackers can 3D-print guns as well as tools; and supercomputers can short-circuit Wall Street just as easily as they can Read more...
Abstract: We live in an age of awesome technological potential. From nanotechnology to synthetic organisms, new technologies stand to revolutionize whole domains of human experience. But with awesome potential comes awesome risk: drones can deliver a bomb as readily as they can a new smartphone; makers and hackers can 3D-print guns as well as tools; and supercomputers can short-circuit Wall Street just as easily as they can manage your portfolio.One thing these technologies can't do is answer the profound moral issues they raise. Who should be held accountable when they go wrong? What responsibility do