Flash Forward: A Series of Futuristic Vignettes by Nora Savage,Anita Street PDF

By Nora Savage,Anita Street

ISBN-10: 981466944X

ISBN-13: 9789814669443

This booklet includes attention-grabbing vignettes depicting destiny societies and the results which expanding technological swap has on society and the surroundings. the subjects mentioned comprise nanotechnology, medication, computational technological know-how, biotechnology, man made biology, and cognitive know-how, between others in technology. additionally, social norms, attitudes, and coverage also are featured. The upshot of this mix is an pleasing, academic, and thought-provoking volume.

The glimpses into destiny societies next to the creation and incorporation of assorted rising applied sciences depict eventualities of ways we view ourselves, how we view others, how we're considered by means of others, how our environment are seen, how our leaders and political constructions are seen, what our social and behavioral norms are, what our temperament/mood is, etc. The advent encompasses a concentrated discourse on present traits of the affects of rising applied sciences and the belief highlights the place society may still move from here.

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