Philosophy for a networked world

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Darin Barney, author of Prometheus Wired: The Hope for a Democracy in the Age of Network Technology (UNSW Press, Sydney, Australia), says radical social and political promises about the probable social impacts of network technology should be assessed cautiously and critically. He says we invest too much hope in achieving through technology what we fail to achieve through politics and economics. In his book, Barney draws upon the thoughts of various philosophers, including Plato, Aristotle, Marx, Heidegger and Grant, all of whom have examined the relationship between technology and politics.

COMMUNICATION, Nonmanufacturing technology, Social aspects, Computer networks, Internet, Interview, Technology overview, Democracy, Criticism and interpretation, World Wide Web, Digital communications, Bibliography, Technology and state, Technology policy, Prometheus Wired: The Hope for a Democracy in the Age of Network Technology (Book), Digital communication, Barney, Darin

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Julie Payette: Geek in space

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Julie Payette, an astronaut mission specialist is one of the first astronauts to visit the International Space Station (ISS). Julie Payette working for NASA and the Canadian Space Agency stated that the Columbia disaster affected her deeply, but has not changed her willingness to go into space and completing the mission.

Executive changes & profiles, Space Research and Technology, Natl Aeronautics & Space Admin, Officials and employees, United States. National Aeronautics and Space Administration, Astronauts, Rankings, Payette, Julie, Technical occupations

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Genius on the block

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The details of the most important documents in the history of computing and telecommunications that have been put up for sale at Christie's auction house in New York City. The reviews of the manuscripts, editions etc have been presented.

General services, Contracts & orders received, Telephone Communication, Miscellaneous retail stores, not elsewhere classified, New York, Contracts & orders let, Purchasing, Contracts, Communications industry, Technology, Contract agreement, Auction firms, Technical documentation

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