How to Think about Progress by Nicholas Agar, Stuart Whatley,... - 9783031689376

How to Think about ProgressA Skeptic's Guide to Technology\nAuthor(s): Nicholas Agar, Stuart Whatley, Dan Weijers\nFormat: Hardback\nPublisher: Springer International Publishing AG, Switzerland\nImprint: Springer International Publishing AG\nISBN-13: 9783031689376, 978-3031689376\nSynopsis\nHow to Think about Progressis an interdisciplinary work exploring whether optimistic claims about technologys potential stand up to humanitys most difficult challenges. Will technology solve the problems of climate change, pandemics, cancer, loneliness, unhappiness, and even death? The authors show that techno-hype is all too often accepted because of the horizon bias, [url] modern propensity to believe that any problem that can be solved with technology will be solved in the very near future. The authors situate their analysis in a broad context, drawing on history, literature, and popular culture to emphasize their case against techno-hype. They also draw on a wide range of research, including t.