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The technological bluff

Author: Jacques Ellul
Publisher: Grand Rapids, Mich. : W.B. Eerdmans, ©1990.
Edition/Format:   Book : EnglishView all editions and formats
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M. Ellul's view of technology is that once it is let out of the laboratory, technology cannot be turned off. Technology begets more technology. The modern world, therefore, is one in which more technology is inevitable. Fixing or remediating the impact of a technology like water pollution requires--you guessed it--more technology.
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Additional Physical Format: Online version:
Ellul, Jacques, 1912-1994.
Technological bluff.
Grand Rapids, Mich. : W.B. Eerdmans, c1990
(OCoLC)609326980
Document Type: Book
All Authors / Contributors: Jacques Ellul
ISBN: 080283678X 9780802836786
OCLC Number: 21908719
Notes: Translation of: Le bluff technologique.
Description: xvi, 418 p. ; 24 cm.
Other Titles: Bluff technologique.
Responsibility: Jacques Ellul ; translated by Geoffrey W. Bromiley.

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M. Ellul's view of technology is that once it is let out of the laboratory, technology cannot be turned off. Technology begets more technology. The modern world, therefore, is one in which more technology is inevitable. Fixing or remediating the impact of a technology like water pollution requires--you guessed it--more technology.

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