Skidelsky, Robert
The Machine Age: An Idea, a History, a Warning
- ISBN 13:
- 9780141982519
- author:
- Skidelsky, Robert
- format:
- Paperback
- publisher:
- Penguin Books Ltd
- language:
- English
- Publication Year:
- 2025
- Pages:
- 320
- Dimensions:
- 12.9 x 19.8 x 3.5 centimetres (0
- Genre:
- Nonfiction, Social Sciences, Future Studies,
- Condition:
- New
- Availability:
- Item usually sent within 10 working days
Description
A sweeping history of humanity's relationship with machines is presented in this thought-provoking book. Robert Skidelsky explores how we got here and what happens next, as our faith in technological fixes for problems wanes. The author examines the impact of automation, information technology, and artificial intelligence on society, highlighting the fears of job redundancy and the unprecedented powers of surveillance and control. He also delves into the question of why some parts of the world developed a 'machine civilisation' and not others, tracing the interactions between capitalism and technology, science and religion, in the making of the modern world. Skidelsky's book raises crucial questions about our understanding of technology and its implications for our lives and politics. By exploring the evolution of our understanding of technology as a system of ideas, he argues that we must be able to choose which technology is best suited to our needs and purposes.
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