Do new innovations and products improve our lives? Has our
relentless pursuit of technological progress eliminated the blight
of poverty, of inequality, of discrimination, of crime, of war? Has
the advance of technology increased our happiness and led us to
fulfillment and social harmony? The ads would have us think so. But
not all technological innovation is desirable, and the fastest rate
of change is not necessarily the best. Futile Progress explores the
multiple and far-reaching ways in which our society and our
environment have been affected by technological change. It reveals
how far unfettered 'advances' can be blamed for environmental
damage, and analyses to what extent our unquestioning acceptance of
new technologies has contributed to the social insecurity,
inequality and dislocation evident today. In this original and
thought provoking book, Ernest Braun argues for effective
safeguards against these adverse effects of technologies beneficial
to society receive public support. Only if the consequences of
technological change are anticipated can technology be harnessed to
work for common good.
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