Technology and society /
This book is a collection of articles in which authors debate technology concerning the impact it has on society, education, and genetic enhancement, and the pros and cons of government regulation.
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Language: | English |
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Detroit :
Greenhaven Press,
©2007.
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Series: | Opposing viewpoints series (Unnumbered)
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Table of Contents:
- Why consider opposing viewpoints?
- Introduction
- ch. 1. What is technology's impact on society?
- Chapter preface
- 1. The benefits of technology are increasing / Jimmy Guterman
- 2. The benefits of technology are diminishing / David Cox
- 3. The Internet connects people / Jeffrey Boase et al.
- 4. The Internet isolates people / Brent Staples
- 5. Robots are replacing people / Marshall Brain
- 6. Robots are not replacing people / Doug Saunders
- Periodical bibliography
- ch. 2. What impact does technology have on education?
- Chapter preface
- 1. Technology is hurting education / Clifford Stoll
- 2. Technology needs to be emphasized in education / Mortimer B. Zuckerman
- 3. There is a digital divide / Andy Carvin
- 4. There is no digital divide / Ejovi Nuwere
- 5. Children are technologically skilled / Susan Smith Nash
- 6. Children need imaginative play / David Sobel
- Periodical bibliography.
- ch. 3. Should the government regulate technology?
- Chapter preface
- 1. The government should support Internet neutrality / The New Republic
- 2. The government should oppose Internet neutrality / The Wall Street Journal
- 3. The government should regulate nanotechnology more strictly / J. Clarence Davies
- 4. The government should not regulate nanotechnology more strictly / Sonia Arrison
- 5. The government should ban therapeutic cloning / Leon R. Kass
- 6. The government should not ban therapeutic cloning / Michael Gazzaniga
- Periodical bibliography
- ch. 4. Will future technology improve humanity?
- Chapter preface
- 1. The genetic enhancement of children should be tolerated / David Merriman
- 2. The genetic enhancement of children should be opposed / Bill McKibbon
- 3. Future technology will benignly alter human existence
- 4. Future technology could threaten human existence / Bill Joy
- Periodcial bibliography
- For further discussion
- Organizations to contact
- Bibliography of books
- Index.