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21st century technologies : promises and perils of a dynamic future.
1998
B 75 OECD.T
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Title
21st century technologies : promises and perils of a dynamic future.
Edition
First, reprinted.
Description
173 pages ; 24 cm.
ISBN
9789264160521
9789264163539
9789264163539
Alternate Call Number
B 75 OECD.T
Summary
The next few decades hold the prospect of remarkable progress in a wide range of pervasive technologies that are likely to have a profound effect on how we live, work, and spend our leisure time. These technologies are set to revolutionise the worlds of medicine, agriculture, travel, retailing ... so much that is familiar in our daily lives. Used wisely, they could be of huge benefit to mankind. Used wrongly, they could mean lost opportunities and unnecessary risks. The challenge for society is immense. What would be the cost of failure to embrace dynamic change? What kind of ethical dilemmas will arise from further breakthroughs in genetic engineering? Will the spread of new technologies create new social divisions? What sort of societies will prove most adept at harnessing the vast technological potential? How can countries best co-operate to maximise the benefits of spillovers? This book reviews the extraordinary promise of technological advances over the next twenty years or so, and assesses some of the key issues -- economic, social, environmental, ethical -- that decision-makers in government, business and society will face in the decades ahead.
Note
Papers from the conference, hosted by the Westdeutsche Landesbank, at Schloss Krickenbeck near Düsseldorf, Germany, 7-8 Dec. 1997, on the theme "21st century technologies: balancing economic, social, and environmental goals.".
Franz. Ausg. u.d.T.: Les technologies du XXIe siècle. - Dt. Ausg. u.d.T.: Technologien des 21. Jahrhunderts.
Conference 21st Century Technologies: Balancing Economic, Social and Environmental Goals.
"21st Century Technologies: balancing economic, social and environmental goals, Schloss Krickenbeck, Germany 7-8 December 1997"-->predgovor.
Papers presented at a conference "21st century technologies: Balancing economic, social and environmental goals", held at Schloss Krickenbeck, Germany, 1997.
Papers from the conference, hosted by the Westdeutsche Landesbank, at Schloss Krickenbeck near Dusseldorf, Germany, 7-8 Dec. 1997.
Eerste van een viertal conferenties rond het thema "People, nature and technology: sustainable societies in the 21st century", gehouden in Schloss Krickenbeck bij Düsseldorf, 7-8 december 1997 met als deelthema: "21st century technologies: balancing economic, social and environmental goals".
Papers from the conference "21st century technologies. Balancing economic, social and environmental goals", held at Schloss Krickenbeck, Germany 7-8 December 1997.
At foot of title page: Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development.
Franz. Ausg. u.d.T.: Les technologies du XXIe siècle. - Dt. Ausg. u.d.T.: Technologien des 21. Jahrhunderts.
Conference 21st Century Technologies: Balancing Economic, Social and Environmental Goals.
"21st Century Technologies: balancing economic, social and environmental goals, Schloss Krickenbeck, Germany 7-8 December 1997"-->predgovor.
Papers presented at a conference "21st century technologies: Balancing economic, social and environmental goals", held at Schloss Krickenbeck, Germany, 1997.
Papers from the conference, hosted by the Westdeutsche Landesbank, at Schloss Krickenbeck near Dusseldorf, Germany, 7-8 Dec. 1997.
Eerste van een viertal conferenties rond het thema "People, nature and technology: sustainable societies in the 21st century", gehouden in Schloss Krickenbeck bij Düsseldorf, 7-8 december 1997 met als deelthema: "21st century technologies: balancing economic, social and environmental goals".
Papers from the conference "21st century technologies. Balancing economic, social and environmental goals", held at Schloss Krickenbeck, Germany 7-8 December 1997.
At foot of title page: Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development.
Formatted Contents Note
MILLER, Riel, MICHALSKI, Wolfgang and STEVENS, Barrie. The promises and perils of 21st century technology : an overview of issues; COATES, Joseph. The next twenty-five years of technology : opportunities and risks; GALLAIRE, Herve?. Faster, connected, smarter; ARBER, Werner and BRAUCHBAR, Mathis. Biotechnology for the 21st century; DIERKES, Meinolf, HOFMANN, Jeanette and MARZ, Lutz. Technological development and organizational change : differing patterns of innovation; FONTELA, Emilio. Enabling macro conditions for realising technology's potential; SOETE, Luc. Global possibilities : technology and planet-wide challenges; List of participants;.
Published
Paris : Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD), 1998.
Language
Spanish
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