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A Dangerous Master - How to Keep Technology from Slipping Beyond Our Control (Hardcover)
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A Dangerous Master - How to Keep Technology from Slipping Beyond Our Control (Hardcover)
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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 we, as creators and users, have for the
technologies we build? In A Dangerous Master , ethicist Wendell
Wallach tackles such difficult questions with hard-earned
authority, imploring both producers and consumers to face the moral
ambiguities arising from our rapid technological growth. There is
no doubt that scientific research and innovation are a source of
promise and productivity, but, as Wallach, argues, technological
development is at risk of becoming a juggernaut beyond human
control. Examining the players, institutions, and values lobbying
against meaningful regulation of everything from autonomous robots
to designer drugs, A Dangerous Master proposes solutions for
regaining control of our technological destiny. Wallach's nuanced
study offers both stark warnings and hope, navigating both the
fears and hype surrounding technological innovations. An engaging,
masterful analysis of the elements we must manage in our quest to
survive as a species, A Dangerous Master forces us to confront the
practical,and moral,purposes of our creations.
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