There's a well-known story about an older fish who swims by two
younger fish and asks, "How's the water?" The younger fish are
puzzled. "What's water?" they ask. Many of us today might ask a
similar question: What's technology? Technology defines the world
we live in, yet we're so immersed in it, so encompassed by it, that
we mostly take it for granted. Seldom, if ever, do we stop to ask
what technology is. Failing to ask that question, we fail to
perceive all the ways it might be shaping us. Usually when we hear
the word "technology," we automatically think of digital de- vices
and their myriad applications. As revolutionary as smartphones,
online shop- ping, and social networks may seem, however, they t
into long-standing, deeply entrenched patterns of technological
thought as well as practice. Generations of skeptics have
questioned how well served we are by those patterns of thought and
practice, even as generations of enthusiasts have promised that the
latest innovations will deliver us, soon, to Paradise. We're not
there yet, but the cyber utopians of Silicon Valley keep telling us
it's right around the corner. What is technology, and how is it
shaping us? In search of answers to those crucial questions, Not So
Fast draws on the insights of dozens of scholars and artists who
have thought deeply about the meanings of machines. The book
explores such dynamics as technological drift, technological
momentum, technological disequilibrium, and technological autonomy
to help us understand the interconnected, inter- woven, and
interdependent phenomena of our technological world. In the course
of that exploration, Doug Hill poses penetrating questions of his
own, among them: Do we have as much control over our machines as we
think? And who can we rely on to guide the technological forces
that will determine the future of the planet?
General
Is the information for this product incomplete, wrong or inappropriate?
Let us know about it.
Does this product have an incorrect or missing image?
Send us a new image.
Is this product missing categories?
Add more categories.
Review This Product
No reviews yet - be the first to create one!