Confronting Technology

Author : Matthew T. Prior
Publisher : Wipf and Stock Publishers
Page : 262 pages
File Size : 45,5 Mb
Release : 2020-03-16
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781532671456

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We are living through a digital revolution which already touches every area of life and will continue to shape the future in as yet unforeseen ways. Digital technologies are an ordinary part of daily life, and yet they also present an unprecedented challenge to Christians to articulate a biblical, theological framework to navigate times of rapid change. The work of the French theologian Jacques Ellul is a theological time-bomb primed for times like these. Accounts of Ellul’s career often divide off his sociology and theology, but this book argues that Ellul conceived a single project of bringing technology into confrontation with the Word of God, tackling the phenomenon he named technique, the pursuit of maximal power and efficiency implicit in the technological enterprise, with a profound depth of biblical and ethical insight. Centering himself on the apocalypse or revelation of Jesus Christ in history, Ellul offers a monumental, timely (though far from flawless) contribution to contemporary ethical debates about the uses and abuses of technologies. His work blazes a trail that Christians and all concerned for the future would do well to follow, as we avoid both the naivety of “technological neutrality” and the dread of “technological determinism.”

Author : David Skrbina
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 340 pages
File Size : 46,9 Mb
Release : 2020-01-31
Category : Technology & Engineering
ISBN : 1732353271

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Selected readings and essays in the philosophy of technology

Author : Irving M. Mintzer
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 406 pages
File Size : 51,9 Mb
Release : 1992-06-11
Category : Nature
ISBN : 0521421098

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Confronting Climate Change by Irving M. Mintzer Pdf

Confronting Climate Change is a guide to the risks, dilemmas, and opportunities of the emerging political era, in which the impacts of a global warming could affect all regional, public and even individual decisions. Written by a renowned group of scientists, political analysts and economists, all with direct experience in climate change related deliberations, Confronting Climate Change is a survey of the best available answers to three vital questions: What do we know so far about the foreseeable dangers of climate change? How reliable is our knowledge? What are the most rewarding ways to respond? The book begins by exploring the key linkages and feedbacks that connect the risks of rapid climate change to other important environmental, economic and political problems of our time. Recognizing persistent uncertainties in the scientific understanding of climate change, the book draws attention to those areas of research which may reveal surprises which could change the sense of political urgency surrounding the climate problem - as did the discovery of the Antarctic ozone hole. It explores the geological record of climate change over the Earth's history, seeking a better understanding of how the climate has changed rapidly in countries while minimizing the long-term environmental damages which otherwise will result from continuing the current patterns of energy supply and use. The book is written to cross discipline boundaries, so that policy makers, economists, scientists, risk assessors, environmentalists and development advocates may understand each other's concerns. It shows how the international debate on managing the risks of rapid climate change may be re-shaped for the benfit of people in every nation on the planet.

Author : Frederick R. Strain
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 114 pages
File Size : 42,8 Mb
Release : 1992
Category : Arms race
ISBN : STANFORD:36105070105791

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Confronting Nuclear Addiction by Frederick R. Strain Pdf

Author : Brynna Jacobson
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield
Page : 283 pages
File Size : 54,7 Mb
Release : 2022-07-07
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781793635297

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Geoengineering Discourse Confronting Climate Change by Brynna Jacobson Pdf

Geoengineering, the idea of addressing climate change through large-scale technological projects, stands out among contested technologies in the degree to which its scope of possibilities and its premise are characterized by global existential risks. Despite controversy, this field has been shifting toward mainstream consideration. Geoengineering Discourse Confronting Climate Change: The Move from Margins to Mainstream in Science, News Media, and Politics examines the trajectory of geoengineering through critical discourse analysis of three key genres: science policy reports, news journalism, and congressional hearings. Brynna Jacobson explores how reports from distinguished scientific societies have constructed certain notions of legitimacy around geoengineering, how narratives within news coverage have reflected and shaped the public discourse and understanding of geoengineering, and how geoengineering has garnered political support from both major political parties in the United States. Through analysis of discursive conventions within these genres, the author reveals the evolution of notions of normalcy, legitimacy, and imperative around the field of geoengineering.

Author : Daniel S. Cohan
Publisher : Yale University Press
Page : 257 pages
File Size : 49,7 Mb
Release : 2022
Category : Nature
ISBN : 9780300251678

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Confronting Climate Gridlock by Daniel S. Cohan Pdf

An atmospheric scientist explains why global climate change mitigation and energy decarbonization demand American diplomacy, technology, and policy "Daniel Cohan makes a compelling case that the problem of climate change is solvable. Fixing the gridlock on global action requires fixing the gridlock here in the United States of America. Cohan shows how that can be done."--David Victor, UC San Diego Professor of environmental engineering Daniel Cohan argues that escaping the gravest perils of climate change will first require American diplomacy, technological innovation, and policy to catalyze decarbonization globally. Combining his own expertise along with insights from more than a hundred interviews with diplomats, scholars, and clean-technology pioneers, Cohan identifies flaws in previous efforts to combat climate change. He highlights opportunities for more successful strategies, including international "climate clubs" and accelerated development of clean energy technologies. Grounded in history and emerging scholarship, this book offers a forward-looking vision of solutions to confronting climate gridlock and a clear-eyed recognition of the challenges to enacting them.

Author : Tony Fry
Publisher : Springer
Page : 332 pages
File Size : 42,7 Mb
Release : 2019-07-24
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 9783030247201

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Unstaging War, Confronting Conflict and Peace by Tony Fry Pdf

This book presents the concept of ‘unstaging’ war as a strategic response to the failure of the discourse and institutions of peace. This failure is explained by exploring the changing character of conflict in current and emergent global circumstances, such as asymmetrical conflicts, insurgencies, and terrorism. Fry argues that this pluralisation of war has broken the binary relation between war and peace: conflict is no longer self-evident, and consequentially the changes in the conditions, nature, systems, philosophies and technologies of war must be addressed. Through a deep understanding of contemporary war, Fry explains why peace fails as both idea and process, before presenting ‘Unstaging War’ as a concept and nascent practice that acknowledges conflict as structurally present, and so is not able to be dealt with by attempts to create peace. Against a backdrop of increasingly tense relations between global power blocs, the beginnings of a new nuclear arms race, and the ever-increasing human and environmental impacts of climate change, a more viable alternative to war is urgently needed. Unstaging War is not claimed as a solution, but rather as an exploration of critical problems and an opening into the means of engaging with them.

Author : Eva Paus
Publisher : Cornell University Press
Page : 307 pages
File Size : 40,5 Mb
Release : 2018-06-15
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9781501719868

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Confronting Dystopia by Eva Paus Pdf

"Assesses economic and political impacts of the worldwide revolution in artificial intelligence, machine learning, and robotics and proposes policies to benefit jobs, working conditions, and incomes in the Global North and the Global South"--

Author : Matthew T. Prior
Publisher : Wipf and Stock Publishers
Page : 266 pages
File Size : 45,8 Mb
Release : 2020-03-16
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781532671470

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Confronting Technology by Matthew T. Prior Pdf

We are living through a digital revolution which already touches every area of life and will continue to shape the future in as yet unforeseen ways. Digital technologies are an ordinary part of daily life, and yet they also present an unprecedented challenge to Christians to articulate a biblical, theological framework to navigate times of rapid change. The work of the French theologian Jacques Ellul is a theological time-bomb primed for times like these. Accounts of Ellul's career often divide off his sociology and theology, but this book argues that Ellul conceived a single project of bringing technology into confrontation with the Word of God, tackling the phenomenon he named technique, the pursuit of maximal power and efficiency implicit in the technological enterprise, with a profound depth of biblical and ethical insight. Centering himself on the apocalypse or revelation of Jesus Christ in history, Ellul offers a monumental, timely (though far from flawless) contribution to contemporary ethical debates about the uses and abuses of technologies. His work blazes a trail that Christians and all concerned for the future would do well to follow, as we avoid both the naivety of "technological neutrality" and the dread of "technological determinism."

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 68 pages
File Size : 51,7 Mb
Release : 1990
Category : Engineering laboratories
ISBN : PSU:000017597500

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Challenges Confronting the DOD Laboratories by Anonim Pdf

Author : P. Hayden,C. el-Ojeili
Publisher : Springer
Page : 280 pages
File Size : 40,8 Mb
Release : 2005-06-01
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9780230598829

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Confronting Globalization by P. Hayden,C. el-Ojeili Pdf

Informed by critical theory, the essays in this collection examine the complex dynamics of globalization, the challenges that confront democracy, justice and rights under globalization, and new approaches that seek to contest the excesses of globalization and promote the struggle for global justice. They form a challenging and timely volume that will be essential reading for anyone interested in the normative dimensions of globalization.

Author : Larry Bossidy,Ram Charan
Publisher : Crown Currency
Page : 248 pages
File Size : 44,7 Mb
Release : 2004-10-19
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9781400082889

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Confronting Reality by Larry Bossidy,Ram Charan Pdf

Confronting Reality will change the way you think about and run your business. It is the first book that shows how to connect the big picture of the new era of business with the nitty-gritty of what to do about it. Through a completely new way to understand and use the business model as the primary tool for confronting reality—a breakthrough that will become the management innovation of this decade—you’ll know sooner rather than later whether your fundamental business premise is under assault, where your best opportunities lie, what you should change and what you should leave alone, and how to realistically plan the future of your business. The fundamentals of how a business makes money are being rapidly and permanently altered by sweeping structural changes. With their extraordinary depth and breadth of experience, Larry Bossidy and Ram Charan are the ideal guides for everyone—entrepreneur, mid-level manager, or CEO—about what is to be done so you can get things right in this challenging, radically changed world. They start by showing you how to understand the most fundamental element of any business: whether you can realistically make the money you hope to in the game you’re playing. Bossidy and Charan show how to use the business model to develop a robust, reality-based process for thinking about the speci?cs of your business in a holistic way. They show how to tie together the financial targets you must meet, the external realities you face, and internal activities such as strategy development, operating tactics, and selection and development of people. Through the lens of the business model, as well as the skillful use of initiatives and development of people with the right leadership characteristics, you’ll see how Robert Nardelli at Home Depot, Jim McNerney at 3M, Dick Harrington at the Thomson Corporation, Michael Wisbrun at KLM, Joseph Tucci at EMC, and John Chambers at Cisco confronted reality. Whether they faced crisis or opportunity, all made the right kinds of changes through a combination of business savvy (the art of understanding the fundamentals driving a business) and business model thinking.

Author : United States. Congress. Senate. Select Committee on Small Business
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 336 pages
File Size : 50,5 Mb
Release : 1975
Category : Fisheries
ISBN : UVA:35007000259535

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Economic and Loan Problems Confronting the Fisheries Industry by United States. Congress. Senate. Select Committee on Small Business Pdf

Author : United States. Congress. Senate. Select Committee on Small Business
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 324 pages
File Size : 41,5 Mb
Release : 1975
Category : Fisheries
ISBN : PURD:32754078064270

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Economic and Loan Problems Confronting the Fisheries Industry: Tampa, Fla., February 13, 1975 by United States. Congress. Senate. Select Committee on Small Business Pdf

Author : Jacques Ellul
Publisher : Vintage
Page : 531 pages
File Size : 52,7 Mb
Release : 2021-07-27
Category : Technology & Engineering
ISBN : 9780593315682

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The Technological Society by Jacques Ellul Pdf

As insightful and wise today as it was when originally published in 1954, Jacques Ellul's The Technological Society has become a classic in its field, laying the groundwork for all other studies of technology and society that have followed. Ellul offers a penetrating analysis of our technological civilization, showing how technology—which began innocuously enough as a servant of humankind—threatens to overthrow humanity itself in its ongoing creation of an environment that meets its own ends. No conversation about the dangers of technology and its unavoidable effects on society can begin without a careful reading of this book. "A magnificent book . . . He goes through one human activity after another and shows how it has been technicized, rendered efficient, and diminished in the process.”—Harper's “One of the most important books of the second half of the twentieth-century. In it, Jacques Ellul convincingly demonstrates that technology, which we continue to conceptualize as the servant of man, will overthrow everything that prevents the internal logic of its development, including humanity itself—unless we take necessary steps to move human society out of the environment that 'technique' is creating to meet its own needs.”—The Nation “A description of the way in which technology has become completely autonomous and is in the process of taking over the traditional values of every society without exception, subverting and suppressing these values to produce at last a monolithic world culture in which all non-technological difference and variety are mere appearance.”—Los Angeles Free Press