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Differential technology development: speeding up to slow down disasters?
- Abstract:
- One of the earliest attempts at steering and applying technology in a socially beneficial way may have been Mohism, the school of Mo Zi during the Warring States era in China. Being committed to a harmonious (if authoritarian) peaceful social order they tried to dissuade rulers from attacking other states – and to develop and spread knowledge of defensive warfare, aiding cities and states under attack. The aim was to make aggressive war impractical. This may also be the earliest attempt to speed up certain technologies to reduce the harm done by other technologies.
- Publication status:
- Published
- Peer review status:
- Peer reviewed
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- https://loja.editoradialetica.com/humanidades/technopolitics-charting-the-unknow
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- Publisher:
- Editora Dialética
- Host title:
- Technopolitcs: charting the unknow
- Place of publication:
- São Paulo, Brazil
- Publication date:
- 2024-09-24
- Edition:
- 1
- ISBN:
- 9786527037385
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English
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Chapter
- Pubs id:
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1800612
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pubs:1800612
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2024-03-13
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- Copyright date:
- 2024
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- © 2024 by Editora Dialética Ltda.
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- This is the accepted manuscript version of the chapter. The final version is available online from Editora Dialética at https://loja.editoradialetica.com/humanidades/technopolitics-charting-the-unknow
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