A dangerous master : how to keep technology from slipping beyond our control / Wendell Wallach.

We live in an age of awesome technological potential. From nanotechnology to synthetic organisms, new technologies stand to revolutionize whole domains of human experience. But with awesome potential comes awesome risk: drones can deliver a bomb as readily as they can a new smartphone; makers and ha...

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Main Author: Wallach, Wendell, 1946- (Author)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: New York : Basic Books, 2015.
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