
The End of Technology
Peter Denton(Author)
Kendall/Hunt Publishing Co ,U.S.
Published on 16. March 2022
Book
Paperback/Softback
192 pages
978-1-7924-9256-3 (ISBN)
Description
Technology and sustainability are linked by the choices we make. Every day, those choices determine the trajectory of our society toward whatever future lies ahead. We therefore need to think deeply about the nature of technology, and about how the values we hold - as individuals, professionals, and global citizens - shape the technological choices we make. This is the book every engineering student should read.Sustainability is not a technological problem, but a social and cultural one - a problem in system design. While technology provides tools to improve our situation, those same tools can also make things much worse. Yet behind all of our technologies are the choices that led to them; behind the reasons for those choices, lie the values we hold as individuals, professionals, and global citizens. A sustainable future requires us all to make better choices, starting today. Aimed primarily at STEM students, The End of Technology explores the nature of technology, the kinds of ethical choices we make about technology, and how values are embedded in system design.
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Language
English
Place of publication
Iowa
United States
Target group
College/higher education
Weight
363 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-7924-9256-3 (9781792492563)
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Peter Denton Ph.D., is Adjunct Associate Professor of History at the Royal Military College of Canada, where he specializes in technology, warfare and society. Previously an instructor in Technical Communication/Ethics and Sustainability at Red River College Polytechnic, he currently teaches in the Price Faculty of Engineering at the University of Manitoba. He holds five degrees, and is the author or editor of various articles and nine books, including Technology and Sustainability (2014).
From 2013 to 2016, he was elected one of two Major Groups and Stakeholders Regional Representatives for North America to the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP). He was also elected Rapporteur for the Intergovernmental and Multi-stakeholder Consultation in Berlin (2014) that established the parameters for UNEP's Global Environmental Outlook 6 (GEO 6).
From 2013 to 2016, he was elected one of two Major Groups and Stakeholders Regional Representatives for North America to the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP). He was also elected Rapporteur for the Intergovernmental and Multi-stakeholder Consultation in Berlin (2014) that established the parameters for UNEP's Global Environmental Outlook 6 (GEO 6).
Content
- Preface
- Introduction
- CHAPTER 1 Technology is in Our Heads
- CHAPTER 2 Technology by Choice
- CHAPTER 3 Reverse Engineering
- CHAPTER 4 Problems in System Design
- CHAPTER 5 System Design Solutions
- CHAPTER 6 The Story of Progress
- CHAPTER 7 The End of Technology
- Bookshelf
- Index
- Introduction
- CHAPTER 1 Technology is in Our Heads
- CHAPTER 2 Technology by Choice
- CHAPTER 3 Reverse Engineering
- CHAPTER 4 Problems in System Design
- CHAPTER 5 System Design Solutions
- CHAPTER 6 The Story of Progress
- CHAPTER 7 The End of Technology
- Bookshelf
- Index