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OverviewFull Product DetailsAuthor: Willem H. VanderburgPublisher: University of Toronto Press Imprint: University of Toronto Press Dimensions: Width: 15.20cm , Height: 2.50cm , Length: 22.90cm Weight: 0.560kg ISBN: 9781487552473ISBN 10: 1487552475 Pages: 384 Publication Date: 18 May 2023 Audience: College/higher education , Professional and scholarly , Tertiary & Higher Education , Professional & Vocational Format: Paperback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: In Print  This item will be ordered in for you from one of our suppliers. Upon receipt, we will promptly dispatch it out to you. For in store availability, please contact us. Table of ContentsReviews"""Rescuing Humanity is a timely and important work. Any scholar or student interested in the perils and promises of contemporary technology will find this book a thought-provoking resource. Vanderburg shows that our reliance on a 'secular myth' of contemporary technology, along with its narrow and mathematical interpretation of economics, hobbles us from rising to the occasion of the environmental disasters that are upon our doorstep.""--Stuart Dreyfus, Professor Emeritus of Industrial Engineering and Operations Research, University of California, Berkeley ""We must change the way we do things, particularly how and what we teach the technologists in our society. Human beings must not be a side-effect of what contemporary engineers call 'progress.' If we treat each other like objects, we will kill life on the planet. Vanderburg's incisive, passionate book shows us how to avoid this abyss, how to reset our minds, take back our agency about what we wish to do next. This is a guide about how to stop being a piece of data, and start being a human: it's a guide to surviving and flourishing in this new century.""--Tim Blackmore, Professor of Information and Media Studies, Western University" """ Rescuing Humanity is a timely and important work. Any scholar or student interested in the perils and promises of contemporary technology will find this book a thought-provoking resource. Vanderburg shows that our reliance on a 'secular myth' of contemporary technology, along with its narrow and mathematical interpretation of economics, hobbles us from rising to the occasion of the environmental disasters that are upon our doorstep."" --Stuart Dreyfus, Professor Emeritus of Industrial Engineering and Operations Research, University of California, Berkeley ""We must change the way we do things, particularly how and what we teach the technologists in our society. Human beings must not be a side-effect of what contemporary engineers call 'progress.' If we treat each other like objects, we will kill life on the planet. Vanderburg's incisive, passionate book shows us how to avoid this abyss, how to reset our minds, take back our agency about what we wish to do next. This is a guide about how to stop being a piece of data, and start being a human: it's a guide to surviving and flourishing in this new century."" --Tim Blackmore, Professor of Information and Media Studies, Western University" Rescuing Humanity is a timely and important work. Any scholar or student interested in the perils and promises of contemporary technology will find this book a thought-provoking resource. Vanderburg shows that our reliance on a 'secular myth' of contemporary technology, along with its narrow and mathematical interpretation of economics, hobbles us from rising to the occasion of the environmental disasters that are upon our doorstep. - Stuart Dreyfus, Professor Emeritus of Industrial Engineering and Operations Research, University of California, Berkeley We must change the way we do things, particularly how and what we teach the technologists in our society. Human beings must not be a side-effect of what contemporary engineers call 'progress.' If we treat each other like objects, we will kill life on the planet. Vanderburg's incisive, passionate book shows us how to avoid this abyss, how to reset our minds, take back our agency about what we wish to do next. This is a guide about how to stop being a piece of data, and start being a human: it's a guide to surviving and flourishing in this new century. - Tim Blackmore, Professor of Information and Media Studies, Western University Author InformationWillem H. Vanderburg has taught preventive engineering, sociology, and environmental studies at the Centre for Technology and Social Development at the University of Toronto. Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |
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