Too much magic : wishful thinking, technology, and the fate of the nation
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- ISBN: 080212030X (hc.)
- ISBN: 9780802120304
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245 p. ; 24 cm. - Publisher: New York : Atlantic Monthly Press, 2012.
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Formatted Contents Note: | Where we're at -- Farewell to the drive-in utopia -- Cities of the future : yesterday's tomorrow or tomorrow's yesterday? -- The dangers of techno-narcissism, or, Frankenstein release 2.0, how Ray Kurzweil's singularity aims to replace the old god with a new and improved version -- The futility of party politics in the long emergency -- Going broke the hard way : the end of Wall Street -- The energy specter : oil and gas, alternative energy, and waiting for Santa Claus -- Insults to the planet and the planet's reply -- Social relations and the dilemmas of difference -- Coda : a systematic misunderstanding of reality. |
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Subject: | Technology assessment Technology -- Social aspects Technological innovations United States -- Social conditions -- 21st century United States -- Economic conditions -- 21st century |
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Dawson Creek Municipal Public Library | 303.49 KUN (Text) | DCL137738 | Adult Non-Fiction | Volume hold | Available | - |