Technology Fears And Scapegoats

Author : Robert D. Atkinson
Publisher : Palgrave Macmillan
ISBN 13 : 9783031523489
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.82/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Technology Fears and Scapegoats written by Robert D. Atkinson and published by Palgrave Macmillan. This book was released on 2024-05-27 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Technologies and tech companies are routinely accused of creating many societal problems. This book exposes these charges as mostly myths, falsehoods, and exaggerations. Technology Fears and Scapegoats debunks 40 widespread myths about Big Tech, Big Data, AI, privacy, trust, polarization, automation, and similar fears, while exposing the scapegoating behind these complaints. The result is a balanced and positive view of the societal impact of technology thus far. The book takes readers through the steps and mindset necessary to restore the West’s belief in technological progress. Each individual chapter provides a cogent and often controversial rebuttal to a common tech accusation. The resulting text will inspire conversations among tech insiders, policymakers, and the general public alike.

Author : Robert D. Atkinson
Publisher : Springer Nature
ISBN 13 : 3031523490
Total Pages : 332 pages
Book Rating : 4.96/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Technology Fears and Scapegoats written by Robert D. Atkinson and published by Springer Nature. This book was released on with total page 332 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Stephen V. Monsma
Publisher : Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing
ISBN 13 : 9780802801753
Total Pages : 268 pages
Book Rating : 4.57/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Responsible Technology written by Stephen V. Monsma and published by Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing. This book was released on 1986 with total page 268 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is a print on demand book and is therefore non- returnable. This book provides a multi-disciplinary Christian analysis of the forces shaping the operation of modern technology, and offers an alternative framework of biblically rooted normative principles. It argues that technology is a value- laden activity and presents principles for basing it on God's will.

Author : Richard Stivers
Publisher : Wipf and Stock Publishers
ISBN 13 : 1532697252
Total Pages : 218 pages
Book Rating : 4.58/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Media Creates Us in Its Image and Other Essays on Technology and Culture written by Richard Stivers and published by Wipf and Stock Publishers. This book was released on 2020-03-31 with total page 218 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Media Creates Us in Its Image and Other Essays on Technology and Culture proposes that modern technology seriously influences every aspect of culture and personality. Technology shapes our beliefs and values and even how we think of ourselves. It affects religion, morality, education, language, communication, and sexual identity. Every institution, every organization, is brought under its purview. This book attempts to awaken the reader to the destructive side of modern technology that exists side-by-side with its constructive side. What modern technology is destroying, however, is the very meaning of being human. The essay “The Media Creates Us in Its Image” makes this case most dramatically. The book asks the reader the following question: Is what you have gained from the use of modern technology more important than what you have lost? How do we once again bring technology under our control in the face of its inexorable “progress”?

Author : Aurelien Portuese
Publisher : Springer Nature
ISBN 13 : 3030858596
Total Pages : 182 pages
Book Rating : 4.99/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Algorithmic Antitrust written by Aurelien Portuese and published by Springer Nature. This book was released on 2022-01-21 with total page 182 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Algorithms are ubiquitous in our daily lives. They affect the way we shop, interact, and make exchanges on the marketplace. In this regard, algorithms can also shape competition on the marketplace. Companies employ algorithms as technologically innovative tools in an effort to edge out competitors. Antitrust agencies have increasingly recognized the competitive benefits, but also competitive risks that algorithms entail. Over the last few years, many algorithm-driven companies in the digital economy have been investigated, prosecuted and fined, mostly for allegedly unfair algorithm design. Legislative proposals aim at regulating the way algorithms shape competition. Consequently, a so-called “algorithmic antitrust” theory and practice have also emerged. This book provides a more innovation-driven perspective on the way antitrust agencies should approach algorithmic antitrust. To date, the analysis of algorithmic antitrust has predominantly been shaped by pessimistic approaches to the risks of algorithms on the competitive environment. With the benefit of the lessons learned over the last few years, this book assesses whether these risks have actually materialized and whether antitrust laws need to be adapted accordingly. Effective algorithmic antitrust requires to adequately assess the pro- and anti-competitive effects of algorithms on the basis of concrete evidence and innovation-related concerns. With a particular emphasis on the European perspective, this book brings together experts and scrutinizes on the implications of algorithmic antitrust for regulation and innovation.

Author : Samuel C. Florman
Publisher : St. Martin's Griffin
ISBN 13 : 1466867795
Total Pages : 235 pages
Book Rating : 4.96/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Blaming Technology written by Samuel C. Florman and published by St. Martin's Griffin. This book was released on 2014-04-08 with total page 235 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Blaming Technology: The Irrational Search for Scapegoats is Samuel C. Florman's 1981 discussion of the state of technology and engineering in the United States, including the pros and cons, and the public's perceptions and opinions.

Author : Roheet Bhatnagar
Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
ISBN 13 : 1119823331
Total Pages : 500 pages
Book Rating : 4.39/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Digital Agricultural Revolution written by Roheet Bhatnagar and published by John Wiley & Sons. This book was released on 2022-06-15 with total page 500 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: THE DIGITAL AGRICULTURAL REVOLUTION The book integrates computational intelligence, applied artificial intelligence, and modern agricultural practices and will appeal to scientists, agriculturists, and those in plant and crop science management. There is a need for synergy between the application of modern scientific innovation in the area of artificial intelligence and agriculture, considering the major challenges from climate change consequences viz. rising temperatures, erratic rainfall patterns, the emergence of new crop pests, drought, flood, etc. This volume reports on high-quality research (theory and practice including prototype & conceptualization of ideas, frameworks, real-world applications, policy, standards, psychological concerns, case studies, and critical surveys) on recent advances toward the realization of the digital agriculture revolution as a result of the convergence of different disruptive technologies. The book touches upon the following topics which have contributed to revolutionizing agricultural practices. Applications of Artificial Intelligence in Agriculture (AI models and architectures, system design, real-world applications of AI, machine learning and deep learning in the agriculture domain, integration & coordination of systems and issues & challenges). IoT and Big Data Analytics Applications in Agriculture (theory & architecture and the use of various types of sensors in optimizing agriculture resources and final product, benefits in real-time for crop acreage estimation, monitoring & control of agricultural produce). Robotics & Automation in Agriculture Systems (Automation challenges, need and recent developments and real case studies). Intelligent and Innovative Smart Agriculture Applications (use of hybrid intelligence in better crop health and management). Privacy, Security, and Trust in Digital Agriculture (government framework & policy papers). Open Problems, Challenges, and Future Trends. Audience Researchers in computer science, artificial intelligence, electronics engineering, agriculture automation, crop management, and science.

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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 144 pages
Book Rating : 4.17/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Technology Review written by and published by . This book was released on 1981-10 with total page 144 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : United States. Congress. House. Committee on Science and Technology
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 396 pages
Book Rating : 4.83/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Loan Guaranties for Demonstration of New Energy Technologies written by United States. Congress. House. Committee on Science and Technology and published by . This book was released on 1976 with total page 396 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : E. Brian Davies
Publisher : OUP Oxford
ISBN 13 : 0191527432
Total Pages : 308 pages
Book Rating : 4.32/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Science in the Looking Glass written by E. Brian Davies and published by OUP Oxford. This book was released on 2007-06-28 with total page 308 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: How do scientific conjectures become laws? Why does proof mean different things in different sciences? Do numbers exist, or were they invented? Why do some laws turn out to be wrong? In this wide-ranging book, Brian Davies discusses the basis for scientists' claims to knowledge about the world. He looks at science historically, emphasizing not only the achievements of scientists from Galileo onwards, but also their mistakes. He rejects the claim that all scientific knowledge is provisional, by citing examples from chemistry, biology and geology. A major feature of the book is its defence of the view that mathematics was invented rather than discovered. While experience has shown that disentangling knowledge from opinion and aspiration is a hard task, this book provides a clear guide to the difficulties. Full of illuminating examples and quotations, and with a scope ranging from psychology and evolution to quantum theory and mathematics, this book brings alive issues at the heart of all science.