How Will Technology Shape Our Future?

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Title:How Will Technology Shape Our Future? (ID: NCP07059)
Author(s):Thomas L. Franke (University of New Hampshire)
Topics:IT Effectiveness, Technology Forecasting, Trends and Visions
Origin:Presented at NERCOMP Conferences (03/20/2007)
Type:Presentations/Speeches
Abstract:This session provides an opportunity to reflect on three expert contemporary but sharply diverging views of the future our technology may bring forth: technological utopia (Kurzweil's singularity), globalization (Friedman's flat world), and constraint/collapse (Heinberg's peak oil scenario).
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