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897881075 |
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OCoLC |
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20190729110221.0 |
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140701s2015 enk b 001 0 eng d |
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GBB4D6315 |
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bnb |
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016963799 |
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Uk |
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900446153 |
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907088156 |
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915513934 |
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| International Standard Book Number |
9780198717058 (hbk.) |
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0198717059 (hbk.) |
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(OCoLC)897881075 |
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UKMGB |
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eng |
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rda |
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UKMGB |
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OCLCO |
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BDX |
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IWE |
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EEMR |
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| Classification number |
T14.5 |
| Item number |
.A33 2015 |
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| Classification number |
T14.5 |
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.A33 2015 |
| 082 04 - DEWEY DECIMAL CLASSIFICATION NUMBER |
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| Classification number |
303.483 |
| Edition number |
23 |
| 100 1# - MAIN ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME |
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| Personal name |
Agar, Nicholas, |
| 245 14 - TITLE STATEMENT |
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| Title |
The sceptical optimist : |
| Remainder of title |
why technology isn't the answer to everything / |
| Statement of responsibility, etc. |
Nicholas Agar. |
| 250 ## - EDITION STATEMENT |
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| Edition statement |
First Edition. |
| 264 #1 - PRODUCTION, PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, MANUFACTURE, AND COPYRIGHT NOTICE |
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| Place of production, publication, distribution, manufacture |
Oxford : |
| Name of producer, publisher, distributor, manufacturer |
Oxford University Press, |
| Date of production, publication, distribution, manufacture, or copyright notice |
2015. |
| 300 ## - PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION |
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x, 206 pages ; |
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23 cm. |
| 336 ## - CONTENT TYPE |
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text |
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rdacontent. |
| 337 ## - MEDIA TYPE |
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unmediated |
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rdamedia. |
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volume |
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rdacarrier. |
| 504 ## - BIBLIOGRAPHY, ETC. NOTE |
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| Bibliography, etc. note |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 196-204) and index. |
| 520 ## - SUMMARY, ETC. |
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| Summary, etc. |
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'. Instead, Agar uses the most recent psychological studies about human perceptions of well-being to create a realistic model of the impact technology will have. Although he accepts that technological advance does produce benefits, he insists that these are significantly less than those proposed by 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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| 650 #0 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM |
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| Topical term or geographic name entry element |
Technology |
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Psychological aspects. |
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| Topical term or geographic name entry element |
Technology |
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Social aspects. |
| 650 #0 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM |
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| Topical term or geographic name entry element |
Technology |
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Philosophy. |
| 650 #7 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM |
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| Topical term or geographic name entry element |
Technology |
| General subdivision |
Philosophy. |
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fast |
| 650 #7 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM |
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| Topical term or geographic name entry element |
Technology |
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Psychological aspects. |
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fast |
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| Topical term or geographic name entry element |
Technology |
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Social aspects. |
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fast |
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