Innovation and Its Enemies: Why People Resist New Technologies

by Calestous Juma

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It is a curious situation that technologies we now take for granted have, when first introduced, so often stoked public controversy and concern for public welfare. At the root of this tension is the perception that the benefits of new technologies will accrue only to small sections of society, while the risks will be more widely distributed.

Drawing from nearly 600 years of technology history, Calestous Juma identifies the tension between the...

Format:Hardcover

Language:English

ISBN:0190467037

ISBN13:9780190467036

Release Date:July 2016

Publisher:Oxford University Press

Length:432 Pages

Weight:1.25 lbs.

Dimensions:1.4" x 5.8" x 8.4"

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