Wise Animals - How Technology Has Made Us What We Are

Wise Animals explores the history of our relationship with technology, pointing out that we have been deeply involved with our creations from the first use of tools and the taming of fire, via the invention of reading and printing, to the development of the computer and the creation of the internet. Human children know no more of modern technology than their ancestors did of older technologies thousands of years ago, and develop in relation to the technologies of their time. We co-evolve with technology as individuals as we have as a species over thousands of years. The central message of Wise Animals is that we are neither masters nor victims of our technologies. They are part of who we are, and our future - and theirs - is in our hands.

Product details

• Authors: Tom Chatfield, Chatfield Tom
• Publisher: Picador Uk
• Languages: English
• Age Recommendation: from age 18
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 10.08.2023
• EAN: 9781529079746
• ISBN: 978-1-5290-7974-6
• No. of pages: 336
• Dimensions: 163 mm x 242 mm x 34 mm
• Subjects: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Natural sciences (general); SCIENCE / Philosophy & Social Aspects, TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING / Social Aspects, Technology: general issues, Impact of science & technology on society, Impact of science and technology on society, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Technology Studies