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What Technology Wants (Hardback)
$26.55 - Save $1.40 (5%) - RRP $27.95 Free delivery worldwide (to United States and
all these other countries) Usually dispatched within 48 hours | |Short Description for What Technology WantsKelly's provocative work introduces a brand-new view of technology and suggests that technology as a whole is not a jumble of wires and metal but a living, evolving organism that has its own unconscious needs and tendencies.
Full description- Publisher: Viking Books
- Published: 14 October 2010
- Format: Hardback 416 pages
- See: Full bibliographic data
- Categories: Impact Of Science & Technology On Society
- ISBN 13: 9780670022151 ISBN 10: 0670022152
- Sales rank: 55,317
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Full description for What Technology Wants
A refreshing view of technology as a living force in the world. This provocative book introduces a brand-new view of technology. It suggests that technology as a whole is not a jumble of wires and metal but a living, evolving organism that has its own unconscious needs and tendencies. Kevin Kelly looks out through the eyes of this global technological system to discover "what it wants." He uses vivid examples from the past to trace technology's long course and then follows a dozen trajectories of technology into the near future to project where technology is headed. This new theory of technology offers three practical lessons: By listening to what technology wants we can better prepare ourselves and our children for the inevitable technologies to come. By adopting the principles of pro-action and engagement, we can steer technologies into their best roles. And by aligning ourselves with the long-term imperatives of this near-living system, we can capture its full gifts. Written in intelligent and accessible language, this is a fascinating, innovative, and optimistic look at how humanity and technology join to produce increasing opportunities in the world and how technology can give our lives greater meaning.
