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020			_a9780198826293
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100	1		_aTownsend, P. D.
245	1	4	_aThe dark side of technology / _cPeter Townsend.
260			_aOxford : _bOxford University Press, _c2018.
300			_axi, 306 p. : _c23 cm.
504			_aIncludes bibliographical references (pages 305-306).
520			_aPHILOSOPHY OF SCIENCE. Technological progress comes with a Dark Side where good ideas and intentions produce undesirable results. The many and various unexpected outcomes of technology span humorous to bizarre, and even result in situations which threaten our survival. Development can be positive for some, but negative and isolating for others (e.g. older or poorer people). Progress is often transient, as faster electronics and computers dramatically shorten retention time of data and knowledge (e.g. documents, data, and photos will be unreadable within a generation). This is also destroying past languages and cultures in a trend to globalisation. Advances cut across all areas of science and life, and the scope is vast from biology, medicine, agriculture, transport, electronics, computers, long range communications, to a global economy.
650		0	_aTechnology and civilization.
650		0	_aTechnology _xSocial aspects.
650		0	_aTechnological innovations _xSocial aspects.
650		7	_aTechnological innovations _xSocial aspects.
650		7	_aTechnology and civilization.
650		7	_aTechnology _xSocial aspects.
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