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Sheila Jasanoff charts society's embrace of technological solutions and technology's complex interplay with ethics and human rights. She dissects the ways in which we delegate power to technological systems and asks how we might regain control. From GMOs to gene therapy, biomedicine has challenged traditional definitions of life and death and raised difficult questions, such as who owns our genetic information. The Internet has redefined privacy with social media and search giants operating as new, all-powerful data oligarchs , while cyber warfare has weakened the boundaries of the nation-state. Jasanoff shows that, far from being an amoral or apolitical force, technology has important consequences for government of, by and for the people. The Ethics of Invention challenges us to build a future in which we work in open, democratic dialogue to manage the risks and promises of technology.Product Identifiers
PublisherWW Norton & Co
ISBN-139780393078992
eBay Product ID (ePID)28046656105
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Number of Pages320 Pages
Publication NameThe Ethics of Invention: Technology and the Human Future
LanguageEnglish
SubjectScience
Publication Year2016
TypeTextbook
AuthorSheila Jasanoff
FormatHardcover
Dimensions
Item Height218 mm
Item Weight386 g
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Country/Region of ManufactureUnited States
Title_AuthorSheila Jasanoff