Sanity, scientism and salvation.
Material type:
TextLanguage: ENG Publication details: [1993]Description: 5 pSubject: The first Incognito Trust Lecture, delivered on 16 January 1993 to the Eighth National Technological Literacy Conference, enumerates the contributions of science/technology to the disasters that characterise our century (eg, destruction of forests, erosion of topsoil, depletion of the ozone layer). Nevertheless, it is not an indictment of science/technology as such, insofar as we distinguish a sane and symbiotic technology from the current insane and antagonistic technology. It must be realised that this dominant technology antagonistic to life is still rooted in the obsolete arrogance of nineteenth-century science. It must be stressed that the antagonistic technologies are under tight control of government, military-industrial megacapital, and amoral and immoral transnational corporations. However, there are impressive signs of the creative potentialities of science/technology, eg, avoiding toxic material in construction, and minimising waste in heating, lighting, and air conditioning
| Item type | Current library | Collection | Call number | Status | Date due | Barcode | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Books
|
Australian Emergency Management Library | BOOK | 363.34 SAN (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | Available | 005728681 |
Reprinted from Bulletin of Science, Technology and Society; 1993; Vol. 13; No. 1 p. 15-19
Reprint
The first Incognito Trust Lecture, delivered on 16 January 1993 to the Eighth National Technological Literacy Conference, enumerates the contributions of science/technology to the disasters that characterise our century (eg, destruction of forests, erosion of topsoil, depletion of the ozone layer). Nevertheless, it is not an indictment of science/technology as such, insofar as we distinguish a sane and symbiotic technology from the current insane and antagonistic technology. It must be realised that this dominant technology antagonistic to life is still rooted in the obsolete arrogance of nineteenth-century science. It must be stressed that the antagonistic technologies are under tight control of government, military-industrial megacapital, and amoral and immoral transnational corporations. However, there are impressive signs of the creative potentialities of science/technology, eg, avoiding toxic material in construction, and minimising waste in heating, lighting, and air conditioning
There are no comments on this title.