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Mass technologies and ignorance in the society of knowledge

December 21, 2007 | Media and Technology
An advanced expression of culture and of social evolution, contemporary technology, which increasingly incorporates endless quantities of scientific knowledge, has acquired a decisive power on human existence and on the natural system supporting it. It has the ability, now demonstrated, to attain a vast improvement in the quality of life ­ if one can benefit from proper amounts of it ­ and to prolong life for decades. On the other hand, its results may also go in a totally opposite direction, either against ourselves or our descendants, or other populations. A similar theory is true for life-supporting systems.

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  • Luciano Gallino
    Author
    University of Turin
  • Citation

    ISSN : 1824-2049
    Publication Name: Journal of Science Communication
    Volume: 6
    Number: 4
    Resource Type: Reference Materials
    Discipline: Technology
    Audience: Administration/Leadership/Policymakers | General Public | Scientists
    Environment Type: Media and Technology | Websites, Mobile Apps, and Online Media

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