The End of Technology

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.