Future Imperfect: The Mixed Blessings of Technology in America - Softcover

Segal, Howard P.

9780870238826: Future Imperfect: The Mixed Blessings of Technology in America

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0870238825 ISBN 13: 9780870238826

Publisher: University of Massachusetts Press, 1994

The commonly held conception of America as a potential utopia to be brought about technological progress is old and familiar, with many European roots. And it is a conception still shared by many Americans (and non-Americans) despite growing doubts about both America's and technology's future. The critical issue, all told, is how to live sanely and humanely in America's pervasively technological society. That is where serious discussion about America's and technology's future ought to begin. And it is the focus of this book.

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'A collection of illuminating essays on the many ways that technology has affected American society... A thoughtful book that should be a 'must read' for anyone interested in how society copes with technology.' -- The Futurist

About the Author:

Howard P. Segal is professor of history and director of the Technology and Society Project at the University of Maine. He is author of Technological Utopianism in American Culture and, with Alan Marcus, of Technology in America: A Brief History. He is coeditor with Yaron Ezrahi and Everett Mendelsohn of Technology, Pessimism, and Post modernism (University of Massachusetts Press, 1995).

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