The dark side of technology:
PHILOSOPHY OF SCIENCE. Technological progress comes with a Dark Side where good ideas and intentions produce undesirable results. The many and various unexpected outcomes of technology span humorous to bizarre, and even result in situations which threaten our survival. Development can be positive fo...
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Zusammenfassung: | PHILOSOPHY OF SCIENCE. Technological progress comes with a Dark Side where good ideas and intentions produce undesirable results. The many and various unexpected outcomes of technology span humorous to bizarre, and even result in situations which threaten our survival. Development can be positive for some, but negative and isolating for others (e.g. older or poorer people). Progress is often transient, as faster electronics and computers dramatically shorten retention time of data and knowledge (e.g. documents, data, and photos will be unreadable within a generation). This is also destroying past languages and cultures in a trend to globalisation. Advances cut across all areas of science and life, and the scope is vast from biology, medicine, agriculture, transport, electronics, computers, long range communications, to a global economy |
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adam_text | CONTENTS
1. HAVE
WE
THE
KNOWLEDGE, WILLPOWER,
AND
DETERMINATION
TO
SURVIVE?
1
2.
TECHNOLOGY
AND
SURVIVAL-ARE
THEY COMPATIBLE?
4
DISASTER
MOVIE
SCENARIOS
4
WHO
WILL
BE
VULNERABLE?
5
THE
VILLAIN
6
SATELLITE
LOSS
AND AIR
TRAFFIC
9
WHAT
WILL
HAPPEN
IN
THE
MODEST SUNSPOT
SCENARIO?
10
A
GROUND-BASED VIEW OF
THIS
MODEST EVENT
11
HISTORY
OF
AURORAS AND SUNSPOT ACTIVITY
12
VULNERABILITY
OF MODERN
INTERCONNECTED
POWER GRID NETWORKS
13
CONSEQUENCES
OF POWER GRID
FAILURES
14
THE
REAL
DISASTER
SITUATION
16
WHEN
WILL
IT
HAPPEN?
17
HOW
BAD
COULD
IT
BE?
19
WIDER
AREA
CONSEQUENCES
OF GRID
FAILURES 20
WHICH
AREAS
OF
THE
GLOBE ARE
AT RISK?
21
IS
THERE
ANY GOOD NEWS?
21
KNOWLEDGE
IS
POWER
AND ABSOLUTELY ESSENTIAL
FOR
SURVIVAL
22
HOW
SHOULD WE VIEW
TECHNOLOGY?
23
3. NATURAL
DISASTERS
AND
CIVILIZATION
26
A
FASCINATION
WITH
DANGER
26
EVENTS
THAT
HAPPEN
ONLY ON GEOLOGICAL
TIMESCALES
28
EARTHQUAKES
AND VOLCANOES
30
FUTURE
ERUPTIONS
34
EUROPEAN
EFFECTS
FROM
ICELANDIC
VOLCANOES
36
TSUNAMIS
AND
FLOODS
37
RAIN
STORMS
38
ICE
AGES
39
ATTEMPTS
AT CLIMATE PREDICTION
41
DISEASE
AND PLAGUES
44
HOW
BLEAK
ARE
OUR PROSPECTS?
45
WEAPONS
OF MASS
DESTRUCTION
48
THE
GOOD
NEWS
50
4.
GOOD TECHNOLOGIES
WITH
BAD SIDE
EFFECTS
51
TECHNOLOGICAL
CHANGES WITHIN
OUR CONTROL
51
$
B1IOTHEK
DEUTSCHES
MUSEUM
T?
HLUENCHE A
VIII
CONTENTS
BEAUTY,
STYLE, AND
FASHION 52
PROGRESS
NO MATTER WHAT
55
ACCEPTANCE
OF
NEW
IDEAS
56
HISTORIC
EXAMPLES OF UNFORTUNATE
TECHNOLOGY
57
VICTORIAN
KITCHENS
61
HINDSIGHT
SO
FAR 63
5. FROM TRAINS
TO
TRANSISTORS
64
INDUSTRIAL
REVOLUTIONS
64
FOOD-SMALL
CHANGES AND
BIG
EFFECTS
66
THE
DARK
SIDE
OF
THE
INDUSTRIAL
REVOLUTION
68
UNDERSTANDING
POLLUTANTS
IN
OUR
OWN
TIME
71
POLLUTANTS
AND
CLIMATE CHANGE
74
ARITHMETIC
FOR
SCEPTICS
80
OTHER
GREENHOUSE GASES
81
WHY
ARE
WE RELUCTANT
TO
SOLVE
THE
PROBLEM OF
GREENHOUSE GASES?
82
OZONE-OUR
SHIELD AGAINST ULTRAVIOLET
LIGHT 84
TWENTY-FIRST
CENTURY
TECHNOLOGY
CONTROL OF
TRACE
CONTAMINANTS
85
BIOLOGICAL
SENSITIVITY
TO
CHEMICALS AT
LEVELS
OF PARTS
PER
BILLION
87
POTENTIAL
FUTURE DIFFICULTIES 88
HOW
DO
WE
TAKE
CONTROL?
89
6.
FOOD,
SURVIVAL,
AND
RESOURCES
90
OUR
CAVEMAN CONDITIONING
90
CAN
WE
PRODUCE ENOUGH
FOOD? 91
HOW
MUCH
FOOD
DO
WE
ACTUALLY
NEED?
92
TECHNOLOGY
AND OBESITY
94
MORE
EXAMPLES OF
OUR
SENSITIVITY
TO
TRACE
CONTAMINANTS
98
CATALYSIS,
ENZYMES,
DIET,
AND
HEALTH
99
HOW
CAN WE RECOGNIZE WHEN
THERE
ARE
DELAYED
SIDE
EFFECTS?
102
HOW
PURE
IS
OUR
FOOD? 103
CONCLUSION
105
7. THE `SILENT SPRING
REVISITED
106
FOOD,
SURVIVAL, AND
TECHNOLOGY
106
FROM
HUNTING
TO
FARMING 108
EARLY
HUNTER
GATHERING
109
GROWTH
OF CITIES
AND
LONG-RANGE FOOD
TRANSPORT-EARLY
ROME 113
REPEATED
PATTERNS
FROM LATER EUROPEAN
NATIONS
114
TWENTIETH-CENTURY
AGRICULTURAL
TECHNOLOGY
116
THE
BOMBSHELL
OF
1962
118
CONTENTS
IX
GENETIC
TIME
BOMBS
120
HOW
SUCCESSFUL
IS
A
MONOCULTURE
WITH
PESTICIDES?
122
FARMING
ATTITUDES
AND
BLACK
GRASS
124
A
RETURN
TO
A
DIVERSITY
OF
BREEDS
125
FISHING
126
TECHNOLOGY
OF MUTATIONS
126
WATER
129
OPTIMISM
OR PESSIMISM?
131
8.
MEDICINE-EXPECTATIONS
AND
REALITY 133
MEDICINE-THE
SCALE
OF
THE
PROBLEM
133
ATTITUDES
AND EXPECTATIONS
FROM
EXPERTS AND
THE
PUBLIC
135
UNDERSTANDING
SIDE
EFFECTS AND
DRUG
TESTING
138
DO
WE NEED SUCH AN
IMMENSE
MEDICAL
SYSTEM?
141
PERSONAL
CONTACTS
BETWEEN
PATIENTS AND
DOCTORS
143
GULLIBILITY
AND MARKETING
144
SELF-DESTRUCTION
146
THE
FINANCIAL
AND
HEALTH
COSTS OF
OUR OWN
FAILINGS
AND
WEAKNESSES
152
DO
WE UNDERSTAND
STATISTICS?
152
THE
DILEMMA
OF
IMPROVING
MEDICAL
DIAGNOSIS
155
WHERE
NEXT?
158
9. KNOWLEDGE LOSS
FROM
CHANGING LANGUAGE 160
LANGUAGE
AND WHY ARE
HUMANS
SO SUCCESSFUL
160
DECAY
OF
LANGUAGE
AND UNDERSTANDING
161
INFORMATION
SURVIVAL
163
LOST
LANGUAGES
165
LANGUAGE
AND
TECHNOLOGY
166
LANGUAGE
EVOLUTION
168
READING
AND UNDERSTANDING
PAST
LANGUAGES
170
THE
CHALLENGE OF
TRANSLATION
172
LANGUAGE
AND CONTEXT
175
INFORMATION
LOSS
IN
ART
IMAGES
AND PICTURES
176
MUSIC
AND
TECHNOLOGY
177
10.
DECAY
OF
MATERIALS
AND
INFORMATION LOSS
FROM
TECHNOLOGY 180
INFORMATION
AND
KNOWLEDGE
180
INPUT
TECHNOLOGY
AND
DATA
LOSS
182
INFORMATION
LOSS
FROM
TECHNOLOGY
OF MATERIALS
183
WRITING
INFORMATION
TO
COMPUTERS
187
SUCCESSES
AND REPLACEMENTS OF
MEDIA
FOR
MUSICAL
RECORDINGS
189
CD
STORAGE
190
X
CONTENTS
DOMESDAY
BOOK-PARCHMENT
SUCCESS
AND
ELECTRONIC
FAILURE
191
TEXT,
GRAPHICS, AND PHOTOGRAPHIC
STORAGE
193
A
`LAW
OF
THE
SPEED
OF
WRITTEN
INFORMATION
LOSS
193
PICTORIAL
INFORMATION
LOSS 195
IMAGES,
PHOTOGRAPHY,
AND ELECTRONICS
196
SURVIVAL
OF
ELECTRONIC
IMAGE
STORAGE
199
COMPUTER
POWER AND
INFORMATION
LOSS 200
PATTERNS
IN
DATA
STORAGE
201
A
BROADER
CANVAS
OF
THE
HALF-LIFE
CONCEPT
203
WHAT
ARE
THE
POSSIBLE SOLUTIONS
FOR DATA
RETENTION?
204
THE
FINAL
QUESTION-WILL WE
BE
REMEMBERED?
207
11.
TECHNOLOGY,
THE
NEW FRONTIER
FOR
CRIME
AND
TERROR
208
HOW
TO
SUCCEED
IN
CRIME WITH
MINIMAL RISK
208
SMALLER-SCALE
COMPUTER CRIMES
210
THE UK
SCALE
OF CYBERCRIME
211
HACKING
AND SECURITY
212
EFFECTIVE
ANTI-HACKING
214
ESPIONAGE
AND SECURITY
215
MOBILE
PHONES,
CARS,
AND
HOMES
218
MEDICAL
RECORDS
221
DISTORTIONS
OF
EXISTING
DATA
223
TECHNOLOGY
AND
TERRORISM
226
THE
FUTURE
227
12.
TECHNOLOGY-DRIVEN
SOCIAL
ISOLATION
229
ISOLATION
DRIVEN BY
TECHNOLOGY
229
ISOLATING
TECHNOLOGIES
AND
THE
YOUNG
230
ISOLATING
TECHNOLOGIES
FOR
ADULTS
236
JOB
HUNTING
237
ACCESS
TO
FAST
COMMUNICATIONS-WHO
REALLY
HAS
IT?
239
ELECTRONIC
ACCESS
FOR
OLDER PEOPLE
241
INFLATION
AND SELF-ISOLATION
242
PHYSICAL
PROBLEMS OF
COMPUTERS AND SMARTPHONES
243
AGE
AND MOBILE
PHONES
244
PREDICTIVE
TEXT
246
AGE-RELATED
CHANGES
TO
SOUND
AND
LIGHT 246
TECHNOLOGY,
COLOUR
VISION,
AND
AGEING
247
WILL
DESIGNERS
ADJUST
THEIR
ELECTRONICS
FOR
THE
ELDERLY?
250
ADVANCED
MEDICAL CENTRES
250
CAN
WE
IMPROVE?
251
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