Techno-Fixers: Origins and Implications of Technological Faith 0228001323, 9780228001324

This is the story of a seductive idea. Over the past century, the potential of new technology to solve social dilemmas h

622 108 10MB

English Pages 324 [341] Year 2020

Report DMCA / Copyright

DOWNLOAD FILE

Techno-Fixers: Origins and Implications of Technological Faith
 0228001323, 9780228001324

Table of contents :
Cover
TECHNO-FIXERS
Title
Copyright
Dedication
Contents
Tables and Figures
Preface
Acknowledgments
1 Modern Times and Technological Faith
2 Rational Society: The Technocrats and “Technological Social Design”
3 Mid-Century Confidences
4 Engineering Culture: Alvin Weinberg and the Packaging of Technological Fixes
5 Technological Promises in Popular Culture
6 Tracing Life Histories of Technological Choices
7 Implications of Technological Confidence
8 The Future for Fixing
Notes
Bibliography
Index

Polecaj historie