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Future imperfect: technology and freedom in an uncertain world

By Friedman , David D

Book information

Publisher
Cambridge University Press
Year
2011
ISBN
9780521877329, 9780511423260, 0521877326, 9781107601659, 1107601657
Language
english
Format
PDF
Filesize
2 MB (1604767 bytes)
Pages
VI, [2], 351 s. ; 23 cm\359
Time added
2020-07-26 19:24:52

Description

Part I. Prolog: 1. Introduction 2. Living with change Part II. Privacy and Technology: 3. A world of strong privacy 4. Information processing: threat or menace? or if information is property, who owns it? 5. Surveillance tech: the universal panopticon Part III. Doing Business Online: 6. Ecash 7. Contracts in cyberspace 8. Watermarks and barbed wire 9. Reactionary progress - amateur scholars and open source 10. Intermission: what's a meta phor? Part IV. Crime and Control: 11. The future of computer crime 12. Law enforcement x 2 Part V. Biotechnologies: 13. Human reproduction 14. The more you know ... 15. As gods in the garden 16. Mind drugs Part VI. The Real Science Fiction: 17. The last lethal disease 18. Very small Legos 19. Dangerous company 20. All in your mind 21. The final frontier 22. Interesting times.

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