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- Author: Nicholas Agar
- Publisher: Oxford University Press (UK)
- ISBN-10: 0198717059
- ISBN-13: 9780198717058
- Format: 13.7 x 21.8 x 2.3 cm, kieti viršeliai
- Language: English
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The rapid developments in technologies -- especially computing and the advent of many 'smart' devices, as well as rapid and perpetual communication via the Internet -- has led to a frequently voiced view which Nicholas Agar describes as 'radical optimism'. Radical optimists claim that
accelerating technical progress will soon end poverty, disease, and ignorance, and improve our happiness and well-being. Agar disputes the claim that technological progress will automatically produce great improvements in subjective well-being. He argues that radical optimism 'assigns to
technological progress an undeserved pre-eminence among all the goals pursued by our civilization'.
the radical optimists, and aspects of such progress can also pose a threat to values such as social justice and our relationship with nature, while problems such as poverty cannot be understood in technological terms. He concludes by arguing that a more realistic assessment of the benefits that
technological advance can bring will allow us to better manage its risks in future.
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- Author: Nicholas Agar
- Publisher: Oxford University Press (UK)
- ISBN-10: 0198717059
- ISBN-13: 9780198717058
- Format: 13.7 x 21.8 x 2.3 cm, kieti viršeliai
- Language: English English
The rapid developments in technologies -- especially computing and the advent of many 'smart' devices, as well as rapid and perpetual communication via the Internet -- has led to a frequently voiced view which Nicholas Agar describes as 'radical optimism'. Radical optimists claim that
accelerating technical progress will soon end poverty, disease, and ignorance, and improve our happiness and well-being. Agar disputes the claim that technological progress will automatically produce great improvements in subjective well-being. He argues that radical optimism 'assigns to
technological progress an undeserved pre-eminence among all the goals pursued by our civilization'.
the radical optimists, and aspects of such progress can also pose a threat to values such as social justice and our relationship with nature, while problems such as poverty cannot be understood in technological terms. He concludes by arguing that a more realistic assessment of the benefits that
technological advance can bring will allow us to better manage its risks in future.
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