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The Future Of Technological Civilization
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Author : Victor C. Ferkiss
language : en
Publisher: George Braziller
Release Date : 1974
The Future Of Technological Civilization written by Victor C. Ferkiss and has been published by George Braziller this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1974 with History categories.
The Future Of Technological Civilization
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Author : Victor C. Ferkiss
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1974
The Future Of Technological Civilization written by Victor C. Ferkiss and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1974 with Civilization, Modern categories.
The Future Of Technics Civilization
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Author : Lewis Mumford
language : en
Publisher: Freedom Press (CA)
Release Date : 1986
The Future Of Technics Civilization written by Lewis Mumford and has been published by Freedom Press (CA) this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1986 with Philosophy categories.
A brilliant survey of our response to changing technology, which sets out the prerequisites for a rational use of our discoveries and inventions as a means of human liberation rather than enslavement.
Nature Technology And Society
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Author : Victor Ferkiss
language : en
Publisher: NYU Press
Release Date : 1994-11
Nature Technology And Society written by Victor Ferkiss and has been published by NYU Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1994-11 with Nature categories.
Ferkiss (emeritus, government, Georgetown U.) delves thoughtfully into how various civilizations and cultures, including Western civilization, have historically looked at humanity, nature, and technology. He then looks at the conflicting attitudes of contemporary thinkers, seeking a balance, but maintaining a bias toward reverence for nature and an unwillingness to allow technology and its owners to set all the terms. Annotation copyright by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR
The End Of The Future
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Author : Jean Gimpel
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1994
The End Of The Future written by Jean Gimpel and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1994 with Civilization, Western categories.
This book represents the first calm, detailed, and rational description of the imminent end of western industrial civilization as we know it. Despite this alarming premise Gimpel is far from pessimistic, save in the short term: with the sure hand of the historian, he emphasizes how humanity has always recovered from its previous collapses in the past, and will certainly do so again. The unique value of this book is that it gives us a baseline from which we can now work into the future. This book represents the first calm, detailed, and rational description of the coming end of our current world culture. The author seeks to show that, particularly when we compare actual technological reality in the 1990s with the heady predictions of futurologists back in the 1960s, technology has levelled off, reached a plateau--even in the leading-edge areas like infomatics, space, and medicine. Even that plateau will prove to be temporary, claims Gimpel, and the end of western industrial society as we know it will inevitably ensue. However exceptional, our civilization has no reason to expect that it will evolve any differently from every civilization before it: decadence and decay have engulfed them all, one after the other. The unique value of this book is that it gives us a baseline from which we can now work into the future. The conclusion, which is not pessimistic--save in the short term--points out that humanity has always recovered from such collapses, and gone on again to reach new heights. By way of making his case, Gimpel leaves us with a final simple thought: The future, he asserts, is China.
Technology And The Growth Of Civilization
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Author : Giancarlo Genta
language : en
Publisher: Springer Nature
Release Date : 2019-09-05
Technology And The Growth Of Civilization written by Giancarlo Genta and has been published by Springer Nature this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2019-09-05 with History categories.
Our natural world has been irretrievably altered by humans, for humans. From domesticated wheat fields to nuclear power plants and spacecraft, everything we see and interact with has in some way been changed by the presence of our species, starting from the Neolithic era so many centuries ago. This book provides a crash course on the issues and debates surrounding technology’s shifting place in our society. It covers the history of our increasingly black-box world, which some theorize will end with technology accelerating beyond our understanding. At the same time, it analyzes competing trends and theories, the lack of scientific knowledge of large sections of the population, the dogmas of pseudoscience, and the growing suspicion of science and technology, which may inevitably lead to scientific stagnation. What will the future of our civilization look like? How soon might scientific acceleration or stagnation arrive at our doorstep, and just how radically will such technological shifts change our culture? These are issues that we must address now, to insure our future goes the way we choose.
Conserving Cultures
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Author : Harry Redner
language : en
Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield
Release Date : 2004
Conserving Cultures written by Harry Redner and has been published by Rowman & Littlefield this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2004 with Computers categories.
In our technological civilization, the forces of globalization are a threat to both nature and culture. The many and varied cultures of the world are beset by the homogenizing impact of the global media, which represents the triumph of technics. Nature and culture must be protected to preserve a humanly habitable world. Conserving Cultures is the first book to link nature and culture conservation. The threat to nature is now well understood; how it relates to cultures is not. This book both describes and analyzes theoretically the danger to culture and proposes practical remedial measures. Visit our website for sample chapters!
Connectography
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Author : Parag Khanna
language : en
Publisher: Random House
Release Date : 2016-04-19
Connectography written by Parag Khanna and has been published by Random House this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2016-04-19 with Business & Economics categories.
From the visionary bestselling author of The Second World and How to Run the World comes a bracing and authoritative guide to a future shaped less by national borders than by global supply chains, a world in which the most connected powers—and people—will win. Connectivity is the most revolutionary force of the twenty-first century. Mankind is reengineering the planet, investing up to ten trillion dollars per year in transportation, energy, and communications infrastructure linking the world’s burgeoning megacities together. This has profound consequences for geopolitics, economics, demographics, the environment, and social identity. Connectivity, not geography, is our destiny. In Connectography, visionary strategist Parag Khanna travels from Ukraine to Iran, Mongolia to North Korea, Pakistan to Nigeria, and across the Arctic Circle and the South China Sea to explain the rapid and unprecedented changes affecting every part of the planet. He shows how militaries are deployed to protect supply chains as much as borders, and how nations are less at war over territory than engaged in tugs-of-war over pipelines, railways, shipping lanes, and Internet cables. The new arms race is to connect to the most markets—a race China is now winning, having launched a wave of infrastructure investments to unite Eurasia around its new Silk Roads. The United States can only regain ground by fusing with its neighbors into a super-continental North American Union of shared resources and prosperity. Connectography offers a unique and hopeful vision for the future. Khanna argues that new energy discoveries and technologies have eliminated the need for resource wars; ambitious transport corridors and power grids are unscrambling Africa’s fraught colonial borders; even the Arab world is evolving a more peaceful map as it builds resource and trade routes across its war-torn landscape. At the same time, thriving hubs such as Singapore and Dubai are injecting dynamism into young and heavily populated regions, cyber-communities empower commerce across vast distances, and the world’s ballooning financial assets are being wisely invested into building an inclusive global society. Beneath the chaos of a world that appears to be falling apart is a new foundation of connectivity pulling it together. Praise for Connectography “Incredible . . . With the world rapidly changing and urbanizing, [Khanna’s] proposals might be the best way to confront a radically different future.”—The Washington Post “Clear and coherent . . . a well-researched account of how companies are weaving ever more complicated supply chains that pull the world together even as they squeeze out inefficiencies. . . . [He] has succeeded in demonstrating that the forces of globalization are winning.”—Adrian Woolridge, The Wall Street Journal “Bold . . . With an eye for vivid details, Khanna has . . . produced an engaging geopolitical travelogue.”—Foreign Affairs “For those who fear that the world is becoming too inward-looking, Connectography is a refreshing, optimistic vision.”—The Economist “Connectivity has become a basic human right, and gives everyone on the planet the opportunity to provide for their family and contribute to our shared future. Connectography charts the future of this connected world.”—Marc Andreessen, general partner, Andreessen Horowitz “Khanna’s scholarship and foresight are world-class. A must-read for the next president.”—Chuck Hagel, former U.S. secretary of defense This title has complex layouts that may take longer to download.
The Future Of Human Civilization
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Author : Peter Baofu
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2000
The Future Of Human Civilization written by Peter Baofu and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2000 with Civilization, Modern categories.
This wide-ranging text focuses on why the global spread of formal rationality contributes to a critical spirit which undermines human values and beliefs, be they ancient, medieval, modern or postmodern.
Overskill
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Author : Eugene S. Schwartz
language : en
Publisher: Quadrangle/The New York Times Book Company
Release Date : 1971
Overskill written by Eugene S. Schwartz and has been published by Quadrangle/The New York Times Book Company this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1971 with Social Science categories.