Living with the Genie essays on technology and the quest for human mastery
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Washington, D.C.
Island Press
[2003]
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- "Science and technology continually transform our experience and society in ways that often seem to be beyond our control. Today different areas of research and innovation are advancing synergistically and multiplying the rate and magnitude of technological and societal change. As the power of technology continues to accelerate, who will be the master of whom?" "In Living with the Genie, leading writers and thinkers come together to confront this question from many perspectives, through provocative essays that open the door to a new dialogue on how technology may be changing what it means to be human, in ways we scarcely comprehend"--Publisher description
- Literary devices The origin of the genie Promise and peril Small is powerful Your breath is your worst enemy Changing conceptions Technology and death Confined to your legs Progress and violence Science and happiness What kinds of science should be done? The Humpty Dumpty problem Who owns your dinner? Blowback in genetic engineering Only connect The world is too much with me Richard Powers
- Kathy Schick Nicholas Toth
- Ray Kurzweil
- Daniel Sarewitz Edward Woodhouse
- D. Michelle Addington
- Lori B. Andrews
- Richard Rhodes
- Gregor Wolbring
- Shiv Visvanathan
- Daniel Sarewitz
- Philip Kitcher
- Mitchell Kapor
- Carl-Gustaf Thornström
- Mark Schapiro
- Christina Desser
- Alan Lightman