Joséphine
Written on Nov 28, 2018
Initial thoughts: The intersection between technology and humanity has fascinated me for a long time, especially from the standpoint for philosophy and sociology. Naturally, The Ethics of Invention caught my eye due to the subtitle Technology...Read more
Actual rating: 3.5 stars
Initial thoughts: The intersection between technology and humanity has fascinated me for a long time, especially from the standpoint for philosophy and sociology. Naturally, The Ethics of Invention caught my eye due to the subtitle Technology and the Human Future. I get that in order to talk about the future, you first need to revisit the past and consider the present. Unfortunately, these took over so much of the book that there wasn't a lot of space left for the future. In fact, it's only in the concluding chapter that the author discusses the triad of technology, humanity and ethics.
To be fair, I found that last chapter to be very engaging and the author clearly knew her material. It's the organisation and choice of what information to include to the exclusion of others that left me not entirely impressed. I enjoyed the critical analysis and also hearing about the author's opinions; they just didn't span the entire book as the book title suggested should be the case. I could've skipped right to the conclusion for the content that truly addressed the heart of the matter.
Initial thoughts: The intersection between technology and humanity has fascinated me for a long time, especially from the standpoint for philosophy and sociology. Naturally, The Ethics of Invention caught my eye due to the subtitle Technology and the Human Future. I get that in order to talk about the future, you first need to revisit the past and consider the present. Unfortunately, these took over so much of the book that there wasn't a lot of space left for the future. In fact, it's only in the concluding chapter that the author discusses the triad of technology, humanity and ethics.
To be fair, I found that last chapter to be very engaging and the author clearly knew her material. It's the organisation and choice of what information to include to the exclusion of others that left me not entirely impressed. I enjoyed the critical analysis and also hearing about the author's opinions; they just didn't span the entire book as the book title suggested should be the case. I could've skipped right to the conclusion for the content that truly addressed the heart of the matter.
