Starting the Dialogue: Perspectives on Technology and Society
Edition: 3
Copyright: 2021
Pages: 416
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Starting the Dialogue: Perspectives on Technology and Society focuses on artifacts and processes that make up the human¬made world and the societal implications of their use. This book is designed to promote reflection and discussion by using multiple examples of current technologies, which serve to illustrate the many technological choices we make on a daily basis—what to buy, use, support, oppose, or ignore. Addressing topics ranging from technologies of the home to the workplace, from technological politics to our technological future, the goal of Starting the Dialogue is to encourage critical thinking about technology and its impacts.
Section 1—Defining Technology and Its Role
Kranzberg’s Laws
Melvin Kranzberg
Social Anthropology of Technology
Bryan Pfaffenberger
Section 2—Technological Decision- Making
Do Artifacts Have Politics?
Langdon Winner
Assessing the Risks of Technology
William M. Evan and Mark Manion
Big and Bad
Malcolm Gladwell
Origins of Denial
Michael Mann
Section 3—Basic Human Needs: Rethinking Food, Water, and Shelter
1908 Presidential Address
Newton C. Blanchard
When the Rivers Run Dry
Fred Pearce
Hundreds of Man-Made Chemicals . . .
Gay Daly
House Proud
William Booth
Building Materials: What Makes a Product Green?
Alex Wilson
Getting Fossil Fuels off the Plate
Michael Bomford
Section 4—Fueling the Technological Revolution
The Problem of Production
E.F. Schumacher
Razing Appalachia
Maryanne Vollers
Light’s Out: Approaching the Historic Interval’s End
Richard Heinberg
Energy End-Use Efficiency
Amory B. Lovins
The New Oil Landscape
Edwin Dobb
Section 5—Perspectives on Transportation Technologies
Transportation Sector Energy Demand
U.S. Energy Information Administration
The Highway and the City
Lewis Mumford