270 books match the query 'Technology' and 2 start with g

cover of Gadget Consciousness: Collective Thought, Will and Action in the Age of Social Media

Gadget Consciousness

Collective Thought, Will and Action in the Age of Social Media

Joss Hands

Pluto Press, 2019

What impact does our relentless fixation on the gadget have on the struggle for new kinds of solidarity, political articulation, and intelligence? In this groundbreaking study, Joss Hands explores the new political and social forces that are emerging in the age of social media, and examines how they are transforming our individual and class consciousness. Exploring a range of manifestations in the digital commons, he investigates what forms digital solidarity can take and asks how the communisms of the past might shape the solidarities of the future.
 
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cover of Global Technological Change: From Hard Technology to Soft Technology - Second Edition

Global Technological Change

From Hard Technology to Soft Technology - Second Edition

Zhouying Jin

Intellect Books, 2011

This updated second edition of Global Technological Change reconsiders how we make and use technology in the twenty-first century. With human-centered "soft technology" driving machine-based "hard technology" in ever more complex ways, Zhouying Jin provides an understanding of the human dimension of technological advancement. Through a theoretical framework that incorporates elements of both Eastern and Western philosophy, she offers insight into the dynamic between the two as it relates to a variety of technological innovation. More relevant than ever, Global Technological Change continues to challenge assumptions about technology and the gap between the developed and developing countries in the twenty-first century.

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