Engineering the future, understanding the past: a social history of technology
Technology today is often presented as our best hope of solving the world's social and sustainability problems. And that's nothing new: engineers have always sought to meet the big challenges of their times-even as those challenges have shaped their technology. This book offers a historica...
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| Zusammenfassung: | Technology today is often presented as our best hope of solving the world's social and sustainability problems. And that's nothing new: engineers have always sought to meet the big challenges of their times-even as those challenges have shaped their technology. This book offers a historical look at those interactions between engineering and social challenges, showing how engineers developed solutions to past problems, and looking at the ways that those solutions often bring with them unintended consequences that themselves require solving. |
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| adam_text | CONTENTS
PREFACE
9
INTRODUCTION:
ENGINEERING
FOR
A
CHANGING
WORLD
LESSONS
FROM
ENGINEERING
HISTORY:
SOCIETY,
ENTERPRISE,
USERS
TECHNOLOGY:
DREAM
AND NIGHTMARE
ENGINEERING
FOR
A
CHANGING WORLD
THE
STRUCTURE OF
THIS
BOOK
13
14
I6
17
I8
1
THE
AGE
OF
PROMISE,
1815-1914
23
1.1
INTRODUCTION
23
1.2
SOCIETY
26
PROMISES
TO
SOCIETY:
PEACE
AND PROGRESS
FOR
ALL
26
THE
NATIONAL PROMISE:
THE
INFRASTRUCTURE
STATE AND
CIVIL ENGI-
NEERS
27
THE
URBAN
PROMISE:
THE URBAN MACHINE
29
THE
GLOBAL
PROMISE:
INTERNATIONAL
MACHINERY
AND
THE
CIVILIZING
MISSION 31
1.3
ENTERPRISE
34
TECHNOLOGY S
PROMISE
TO
ENTERPRISE
34
THE
INVENTOR-ENTREPRENEUR
36
TECHNOLOGY
AND
THE
OPPORTUNITY-SEEKING
ENTREPRENEUR
37
STRATEGIES
FOR BUSINESS
ORGANIZATION 40
1.4
USERS
43
TECHNOLOGY S
PROMISES
TO
USERS:
POWER
TO
YOU
43
INNOVATIVE
USER-CONSUMERS:
THE
TELEPHONE
AND
THE
RAILWAY 45
THE
BICYCLE
AND
THE
CAR 47
USER-ACTIVISTS
50
USER-TINKERERS
51
1.5
ENGINEERS
55
TECHNOLOGY S
PROMISE
TO
ENGINEERING
56
ENGINEERING
EDUCATION
57
ENGINEERS
AND SOCIAL ENGAGEMENT
59
$
B1IOTHEK
DEUTSCHES
MUSEUM
HLUENCHE A
2
THE
AGE
OF
CRISIS,
1914-1945
2.1
INTRODUCTION
2.2
SOCIETY
PEACE
AND WAR
PROSPERITY
AND
DECLINE
LIBERTY
AND ENSLAVEMENT
CIVILIZATION
AND
BARBARISM
2.3
ENTERPRISE
BUSINESS
AND
BANKRUPTCY
PATENT
WARS
WORKER
NIGHTMARES
2.4
USERS
ACCESS
AND ACCIDENTS
USERS
AND
MISUSERS
2.5
ENGINEERS
HERO
AND
VILLAIN
ENGINEERS IN
TOTALITARIAN
REGIMES
A
NEW
HOPE
3
THE
AGE
OF
TECHNOCRACY,
1945-1970
3.1
3.2
3.3
3.4
3.5
63
63
64
64
67
69
70
72
72
75
77
79
79
82
86
86
87
91
93
INTRODUCTION
93
SOCIETY
95
MAKING
TECHNOLOGY
NON-POLITICAL:
THE
LINEAR
MODEL
OF
INNOVATION
96
MAKING
POLITICS
TECHNICAL:
A
SYSTEMS APPROACH
TO
SOCIETAL
CHALLENGES
102
ENTERPRISE
IO6
THE
HEYDAY
OF
R&D
1O6
THE
LINEAR
MODEL
IN
PRACTICE: ORGANIZATIONAL
CHALLENGES 108
SYSTEMS
APPROACHES
IN
BUSINESS
PLANNING IIO
USERS
113
CONSUMER
APPLIANCES
IN
THE
AGE
OF
PROJECTED
USERS 113
PROJECTED
USERS
IN
THE
BUILT
ENVIRONMENT 115
USERS
AND
THE
SYSTEMS
APPROACH:
THE
CAR-CENTERED
CITY 117
ENGINEERS
121
GROWTH IN
INFLUENCE
AND NUMBERS
121
THEORY
AND SCIENCE
123
PROFESSIONAL INDEPENDENCE
AND ETHICAL CODES 126
THE
TIDE
TURNS
127
4
THE
AGE
OF
PARTICIPATION,
1970-2015
131
4.1
INTRODUCTION
131
4.2
SOCIETY
133
OPENING
UP
THE
SYSTEM
133
PARTICIPATION
BY
PROTEST
134
PARTICIPATION
BY
MEDIATION
138
PARTICIPATION
BY
DELEGATION
140
4.3
ENTERPRISE
142
FLIPPING
THE
LINEAR
MODEL
OF
INNOVATION
142
COMMERCIALIZING
RESEARCH
AND
OPEN
INNOVATION
143
USER-CENTERED INNOVATION
146
CORPORATIONS
UNDER
SOCIAL
PRESSURE
148
4.4
USERS
149
ENERGETIC
USER-TINKERERS
149
MOBILITY
AND
BIKETIVISTS
152
HACKTIVISTS
AND OTHER USERS
153
4.5
ENGINEERS 156
OPENING
UP
INSTITUTIONS
156
OPENING
UP
ENGINEERING
CURRICULA
158
PARTICIPATION:
SCIENCE
SHOPS
AND
THE
VALORIZATION
OF
KNOWLEDGE
160
EPILOGUE:
ENGINEERING
THE
FUTURE
DIFFERENT
SOCIETAL CHALLENGES
CHALLENGES
TO
ENTERPRISE AND USERS
BEYOND
TECHNOCRACY
AND PARTICIPATION
NOTES
REFERENCES
ILLUSTRATION
CREDITS
INDEX
163
165
167
170
175
I8G
207
209
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