03910nam a22005895i 4500 978-3-031-68938-3 DE-He213 20251030113108.0 cr nn 008mamaa 240927s2024 sz | s |||| 0|eng d 9783031689383 978-3-031-68938-3 10.1007/978-3-031-68938-3 doi T14 HP bicssc TB bicssc SCI075000 bisacsh QD thema TB thema Agar, Nicholas. author. aut http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut 85089 How to Think about Progress [electronic resource] : A Skeptic's Guide to Technology / by Nicholas Agar, Stuart Whatley, Dan Weijers. 1st ed. 2024. Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer, 2024. XII, 135 p. 4 illus., 3 illus. in color. online resource. text txt rdacontent computer c rdamedia online resource cr rdacarrier text file PDF rda Library of Ethics and Applied Philosophy, 2215-0323 ; 42 Preface -- Introduction -- The Rise of the Futurists -- The Horizon Bias -- The End of Disease -- Onward, to Mars -- But, What about Exponential Progress -- The Hand-off -- Waiting for the Techno Rapture. How to Think about Progress is an interdisciplinary work exploring whether optimistic claims about technology’s potential stand up to humanity’s most difficult challenges. Will technology solve the problems of climate change, pandemics, cancer, loneliness, unhappiness, and even death? The authors show that techno-hype is all too often accepted because of the horizon bias, i.e. the modern propensity to believe that any problem that can be solved with technology will be solved in the very near future. The authors situate their analysis in a broad context, drawing on history, literature, and popular culture to emphasize their case against techno-hype. They also draw on a wide range of research, including that of biologists, philosophers of science and of language, psychologists, theorists of technological change, specialists on digital technologies, historians of ideas, and economists. As a corrective to much mainstream “futurism,” the book offers principles for seeing through much of the techno-hype that circulates online and in best-selling books. The authors share insights (without the jargon) from a variety of academic disciplines, making this book an engaging read for all audiences. Readers will find a balanced framework for thinking and writing about technological progress in the face of truly vexing challenges like cancer, climate change, and colonizing mars. Technology Philosophy. 68026 Technology Sociological aspects. Technological innovations. 59244 Philosophy of Technology. 68027 Science, Technology and Society. 68070 Innovation and Technology Management. 66187 Whatley, Stuart. author. aut http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut 85090 Weijers, Dan. author. aut http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut 85091 SpringerLink (Online service) Springer Nature eBook Printed edition: 9783031689376 Printed edition: 9783031689390 Printed edition: 9783031689406 Library of Ethics and Applied Philosophy, 2215-0323 ; 42 75609 https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-68938-3 ZDB-2-REP ZDB-2-SXPR 63753 63753