{"product_id":"technology-is-dead-hardback","title":"Technology is Dead - Hardback","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eHow did we end up here, masters of scientific insight, purveyors of ever more powerful technologies, astride the burning planet that created us, and now responsible for cleaning up the mess and determining the future direction of all of life? And what do we do about it? \u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eTechnology is Dead\u003c\/i\u003e attempts to answer both of those questions. It is a book of both challenge and hope, written for those who are able or willing to lead us out of our global predicament. It is for the politicians, CEOs, community leaders, everyday parents, and young people who understand that we must change our ways to ensure a sustainable future for all living things and the planet we rely on. The book’s premise is that technology (like capitalism) has been an unprecedented force for prosperity, while at the same time bringing unrelenting, and unplanned, downsides. Technology has insinuated itself into every nook and cranny of modern society, ignoring many of our human truths while preying on our vulnerabilities. It has resulted in both profound economic progress and a multitude of troubling unintended consequences, from deepening divides and loss of collective responsibility to a growing list of existential threats.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe only viable response is to reconnect with our collaborative roots and undertake what the authors call a humanist revolution, a global effort to redefine human progress, rebuild our core systems to contribute to that progress, and reset our all too human behaviors and aspirations, while becoming the active, careful human-first stewards of technology itself.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe revolution, guided by what the authors call a\u003ci\u003e 21st Century Humanist Code\u003c\/i\u003e asks all of us to work towards the world we want to live in – for each and every human to become the center and source of change in their lives, in their communities, and the world beyond. The future of humankind and our planet depends on it.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Taylor \u0026 Francis","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45546754900206,"sku":"9780367546236","price":168.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/bookland.com.au\/products\/technology-is-dead-hardback","provider":"Book Land AU","version":"1.0","type":"link"}