Emerging Technologies: From Hindsight to Foresight

by Edna Einsiedel

How should we think about these radical technologies? Too often our social reactions to new technologies occur only in hindsight, after a technology has penetrated the marketplace. However, recent experience teaches that much may be gained by practising forethought and foresight. Emerging Technologies addresses the ethical, legal, and social dimensions of emerging technologies and assesses their social and policy implications. Contributors examine...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0774815493
• ISBN13: 9780774815499
• Release Date: July 2009
• Publisher: University of British Columbia Press
• Length: 372 Pages
• Weight: 1.20 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.2" x 9.1"