The Revolt of Technology
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Summary
What impact does high technology have on society, and how can its development be better guided, applied, and controlled? This book confronts the many challenges brought by the rapid advance of high technology. From the dominance of technological rationality to everyday phone addiction, it reaches, through vivid and incisive reflection, the many problems everyone has encountered in the age of technology, and urges readers to think hard about how to shape technology into an "angel" that benefits the world, rather than letting its improper use create trouble, harm society, or even trigger a "rebellion of technology."
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Who it's for
A good fit for
- General readers and students interested in technology ethics and the philosophy of technology.
- Readers concerned with everyday issues such as phone addiction and technological rationality.
- Teachers in need of classroom discussion material or interdisciplinary reading texts.
- Readers who wish to reflect philosophically on the social impact of high technology.
Not a good fit for
- Readers expecting concrete technical operation guides or product manuals.
- Readers who accept only techno-optimistic narratives and are unwilling to read critical reflection.
- Technical professionals seeking rigorous technical principles or engineering details.
Reading tips
- Read chapter by chapter, and after each chapter record one technology-related problem you have experienced.
- Compare issues such as phone addiction and technological rationality with your own daily habits.
- Suitable for reading with friends or in class, with discussion centered on "how to guide technological development."
- After finishing, revisit the table of contents and trace the author's argument from phenomena to philosophical reflection.
Contents
- 版权信息
- 自序：技术时代，哲学何为
- 一 人类的命运
- 我们为什么爱刷手机
- 机器性爱会吞噬人性吗
- 技术拒绝的究竟是什么
- “大家增强，可别落下我”
- 是AI向善，还是人类向善
- “美丽新世界”
- 无知的智慧，无知地行动
- 二 技——艺的未来
- 技术、艺术与哲学的“恩怨情仇”
- 《一九八四》：爱情能否让我们解放
- 技术时代语言的命运
- 技术如何解决艺术危机
- 技—艺反思的“法国潮”
- 互联网当然利好人文
- 两种文化与当代知识生产
- 本雅明之死
- 三 新技术治理
- 技治社会的来临
- 技术时代的治理变革
- 智能社会与技术治理
- 智能治理的机器国和理想国
- 数字时代与社会规则
- 技治主义的批评与辩护
- 大数据与技术治理
- “武士之境”：未来人类与全球技术治理
- 专家阴谋论
- 四 新冠启示录
- 疫情防控与科技谦逊主义
- 疫情应对中的科技治国模式
- “病毒治理术”
- 面对阴谋论要相信理性和科学
- 阿甘本之争
- 病毒和忧郁症的隐喻
- 疫情中的“无人技术”
- 疫情应对暴露科研三大问题
- 五 工程与科学
- 工程伦理的兴起
- 工程时代的哲学反思
- 科学不够哲学凑？
- 科技哲学不能“砸科学的锅”
- 哲学与实验方法
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About the author
Public information about Liu Yongmou is limited, and no complete account of his identity or life background is currently available. Judging from the six works included in the collection, his writing spans several fields, including social culture, social science, philosophical reading, finance and economics, and politics, which suggests a fairly broad intellectual range. Among these, A General Introduction to Technological Governance, Fourteen Lectures on Science, Technology and Society, The Rebellion of Technology, and The Metaverse Trap focus on the relationship between technology and society, addressing technological governance, the ethics of science and technology, and the practical problems raised by emerging technologies, with a clear reflective and critical tone. The Work Methods and Leadership Art of Party Branch Secretaries, by contrast, belongs to the category of grassroots Party affairs and leadership methods, showing that his interests cover both theoretical inquiry and practical work. Overall, his works are guided by a strong awareness of problems and are written in plain language, making them suitable for readers interested in social, cultural and technological issues.
