Humanity's Future
How Technology Will Change Us
Published on 5. June 2016
Book
Paperback/Softback
186 pages
978-0-692-70158-4 (ISBN)
Description
Humanity's Future examines the psychological and social impact of likely future events related to advanced technology. Will humanity feel useless in a future where most tasks are automated and robots do all the work? Will society experience alienation and angst, collapsing into a state of decadence and corruption? How might we improve ourselves, as technology advances in unprecedented ways? Who gets to decide? Can we advance civilization and eliminate genocide and war? Philosophical, scientific and pragmatic issues interwine complexly here, and uncertainties abound, but Dr. Friedenberg unravels the various possiblities with a masterful clarity.
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Language
English
Product notice
Paperback (trade)
Unsewn / adhesive bound
Dimensions
Height: 229 mm
Width: 152 mm
Thickness: 10 mm
Weight
254 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-692-70158-4 (9780692701584)
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Person
Jay Friedenberg is Professor of Psychology at Manhattan College where he teaches courses in neuroscience, cognition and visual perception. He is an active researcher in the field of empirical aesthetics and has authored several textbooks in the fields of of cognitive science, artificial intelligence and dynamical systems.