TY  - GEN
N2  - 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.
AB  - 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.
T1  - 21st century technologies :promises and perils of a dynamic future.
ET  - First, reprinted.
VL  - No 50119
CN  - T174
LA  - spa
N1  - 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.".
N1  - Franz. Ausg. u.d.T.: Les technologies du XXIe siècle. - Dt. Ausg. u.d.T.: Technologien des 21. Jahrhunderts.
N1  - Conference 21st Century Technologies: Balancing Economic, Social and Environmental Goals.
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N1  - Papers presented at a conference "21st century technologies: Balancing economic, social and environmental goals", held at Schloss Krickenbeck, Germany, 1997.
N1  - Papers from the conference, hosted by the Westdeutsche Landesbank, at Schloss Krickenbeck near Dusseldorf, Germany, 7-8 Dec. 1997.
N1  - 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".
N1  - Papers from the conference "21st century technologies. Balancing economic, social and environmental goals", held at Schloss Krickenbeck, Germany 7-8 December 1997.
N1  - At foot of title page: Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development.
ID  - 12252
KW  - Technological forecasting
KW  - Twenty-first century
KW  - Technological forecasting.
KW  - Technology.
KW  - Twenty-first century.
KW  - Technological innovations.
KW  - LAW AND ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL SCIENCES : ECONOMIC SCIENCE : SPECIFIC QUESTIONS
KW  - BIOTECHNOLOGY FOR THE 21ST CENTURY
KW  - TECHNOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENT AND ORGANIZATIONAL CHANGE : DIFFERING PATTERNS OF INNOVATION
KW  - TECHNOLOGY AND PLANET-WIDE CHALLENGES
TI  - 21st century technologies :promises and perils of a dynamic future.
ER  -