About Why do we place our hope in technology?: A secular faith?
| Authors | Hinkson, John |
|---|---|
| Date | 2013 |
| Publication | Arena Journal |
| Publisher | Arena Printing and Publishing Pty Ltd |
| Vol / Pages | No. 41/42 pp. 59-92 |
| DOI | 10.3316/informit.860461795872622 |
| URL | https://search.informit.org/doi/abs/10.3316/informit.860461795872622 |
Type: Journal Article
Tags: Climatic changes--Economic aspects, Democracy--Social aspects, Economic development--Social aspects, Enlightenment--Influence, War--Technological innovations
Abstract
The importance of technology to Homo sapiens can hardly be over - stated. Nevertheless, the technological revolution that has unfolded in stages since the Second World War stands in its own right - from nuclear power and the chemical revolution to cybernetics in all of its varieties, including computerization and the digital revolution more generally. The expression of the digital revolution in the transformation of mass communications has had profound effects. More radical again has been its entry into the production process, and even more so the prospect of the transformation of all of nature, including human nature, via such technical interventions as the genome revolution. These examples, I argue, mark contemporary society off from the past.