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9780259885528: Evolution and Man's Progress (Classic Reprint)

Sinopsis

A sweeping collection explores how accelerating change reshapes society, law, and science. It argues that the pace of progress requires new ways of thinking, planning, and governing.

This volume gathers notes, essays, and author reflections on the world’s rapid transformation. It connects ideas about global law, engineering education, science policy, and the duties of citizens in a changing age.

- How global change drives new concepts of law and social order
- The role of science and technology in foreign policy and international relations
- How engineering education must adapt to prepare for a future of continual learning
- Profiles of researchers and thinkers shaping debates on progress and civilization

Ideal for readers of history, science policy, and social thought seeking a broad view of how progress reshapes our world.

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Excerpt from Evolution and Man's Progress

Because OF their special knowledge, scientists and scholars may be in a position to see some of the future consequences and costs of current social practices before they become evident to decision makers, either in large enterprises like governments or small enter prises like families. Few have either the time or the talent to become informed about long-range implications arising from advances in sci ence and technology. And yet in the twentieth century, as compared with previous centuries, the impact of science and technology upon our ways of living and our destiny has become paramount. The mush rooming clouds of new notions and new patterns of behavior are altering the nature and circumstances of human life more within a few years than they were altered over centuries in the past. There is no guarantee that these new circumstances are going to be stable or viable; instead, there is a probability that a civilization, whose decision makers operate in ignorance of where this onrushing current of events is taking us, may unwittingly be headed for disaster.

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This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

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