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100 1 $aLukasiewicz, J.
245 14 $aThe ignorance explosion :$bunderstanding industrial civilization /$cJulius Lukasiewicz.
260 $aOttawa [Ont.] :$bCarleton University Press,$c1994.
300 $a1 online resource (xxviii, 272 pages) :$billustrations
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505 0 $aContents -- List of illustrations -- List of tables -- List of boxes -- Designation of references -- Abbreviations -- Preface -- Acknowledgements -- Introduction -- 1. The paradox of human progress -- Notes -- 2. Humanities, social and physical sciences: the two cultures -- The cultural gap -- The issue of accessibility -- The psychological gap -- Traditional culture and education -- The inescapable predicament of social sciences -- The ineradicable gap -- Notes -- References -- Appendix: Some gems of obfuscatory (sociological and other) jargon
505 8 $a3. Technology: the land of many facesThe critics of technology -- Embracing the unknown -- The blessings and curses of industrial civilization -- Technology: a domain unique to the human species -- Extension of human capabilities -- People: the inhumane users of technology -- The dehumanizer and depersonalizer -- Technology the unforgiving -- The agent of constant change -- Population, environment and resources -- The causes of suffering -- The benefits of democratic industrialization -- The Third World and the West: the precarious gap
505 8 $aDifficulties in the WestNotes -- References -- 4. The ignorance explosion -- Human intellectual capacity -- The growth of science -- Specialization -- The complexity of science and the environment -- The immediacy and obsolescence of information -- The vanishing grasp -- New tools and techniques -- Some future limitations -- Superhumans and superscience -- Notes -- References -- Appendix: On estimating the magnitude of complexity -- 5. The brave new world of globalization -- The origins -- A historical perspective
505 8 $aContinental integration: the United StatesScience: a precursor of globalization -- Toward a voluntary federation of nations -- A rough road to European Union -- Globalization of industrial operations -- Internationalization of labour -- Environmental challenge to sovereignty -- The relentless progress of globalization -- Notes -- References -- 6. Language in the service of identity�or communication? -- Latin: a historical illustration -- The communication imperative: India and Africa -- The communication imperative: China and Japan
505 8 $aToward efficient spellingEnglish as the modern lingua franca -- The early imperatives of communication -- Science -- Diplomacy, international organizations, business and education -- Global audience and standards -- Internationalization of vocabularies and lifestyles -- Preservation of linguistic identity -- Toward a common language -- Notes -- References -- 7. Technology and war -- Nuclear weapons: what are they good for? -- The Maginot Line of the space age -- The missile systems game -- The supreme deterrent -- What makes deterrence effective?
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650 6 $aSociété postindustrielle.
650 6 $aCivilisation$y20e siècle.
650 6 $aTechnologie et civilisation.
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