Futile Progress: Technology's empty promise

by Ernest Braun

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Do new innovations and products improve our lives? Has our relentless pursuit of technological progress eliminated the blight of poverty, of inequality, of discrimination, of crime, of war? Has the advance of technology increased our happiness and led us to fulfillment and social harmony? The ads would have us think so. But not all technological innovation is desirable, and the fastest rate of change is not necessarily the best. Futile Progress explores the multiple and far-reaching ways in which our society and our environment have been affected by technological change. It reveals how far unfettered 'advances' can be blamed...Read more
  • ISBN10 185383243X
  • ISBN13 9781853832437
  • Publish Date 1 October 2009 (first published 1 May 1995)
  • Publish Status Active
  • Publish Country GB
  • Publisher Taylor & Francis Ltd
  • Imprint Earthscan Ltd
  • Format Paperback
  • Pages 224
  • Language English