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More to Explore -- Worldview Theme #46A: The
Technological Fix Mentality |
| Technology
(from online encyclopedia) |
| Technological
Change (from online encyclopedia) |
| Geoengineering
(from online encyclopedia) |
| Technology
Transfer (from online encyclopedia) |
| Appropriate
Technology (from online encyclopedia) |
| Environmental
Impact Assessment (from online encyclopedia) |
| Precautionary
Principle (from online encyclopedia) |
| Technological
Singularity (from online encyclopedia) |
| Worldview
Watch issue #7: Geoengineering, Economics, and Restraint |
| Worldview
Watch issue #10: Technology, Disasters, and Moralistic Apocalpyticism |
| The Center
for Science in the Public Interest |
| The
Technological Fix (from Clemson University professor) |
| Technology
Review (popular magazine from MIT) |
| International
Center for Technology Assessment |
| The
MIT Joint Program on the Science & Policy of Global Change |
| Environmental
Issues -- online reports from The National Academy of Sciences |
| International
Issues -- online reports from The National Academy of Sciences |
| Can
Technology Replace Social Engineering? by Alvin Weinberg |
| Will
Technology Save Us From Overpopulation?, by Julia Sommerfeld, MSNBC |
| The
Quest by Daniel Yergin (Sept 20 2011 NY Times book review by
Dwight Garner) |
| Biology is Technology by Rob Carlson
(2010 book from Harvard University Press, read excerpts at website) |
| What Technology Wants by Kevin Kelly
(read excerpts at Technium of this 2010 book from Viking/Penguin) |
| The Nature of Technology by W. Brian Arthur
(2009 book offers theory on origins, evolution of
technology) |
| Environment,
Technology, and the Economy (from Business Roundtable) |
| Managing
the Risks of Technological Change (ch. 3 in book from UN's Human
Development Reports Program) |
| Human
Contributions and Responses to Environmental Change (a
2003 report from US Climate Change Science Program) |
| U.S.
Government Science & Technology Web Resources |
| Science
and Technology for Canadians: Environment, Air, Climate (many links) |
| Center for
Democracy and Technology ("working for democratic values in a
digital age") |
| Issues
in Science & Technology--national academies reports |
| Engineering--Popular
Programs (links to two dozen UCTV programs on this topic) |
| Singularity--2045:
The Year Man Becomes Immortal by Lev Grossman (Feb 21 2011 Time cover
story) |
| "Time
for OTA," by Ralph Nader (2010 article urging U.S. Office of
Technology Assessment be reinstated) |
| "Who's
Afraid of Synthetic Biology? by Ronald Bailey (from Reason May
25, 2010) |
| Power Trip:
From Oil Wells to Solar Cells by Amanda Little (more about this 2009
book) |
| Tech.view
(weekly "column on the science and gadgetry of everyday life"
from The Economist) |
| Automotive
Technology: The Future of Cars (article in Scientific American
Nov 2009 issue) |
| Automotive
Technology: Plug in America (organization promoting "the shift to
plug in vehicles") |
| Total Recall by Gordon Bell and Jim Gemmell
(2009 book about "the E memory revolution") |
| "Who
Needs the Grid?" by Lane Wallace (re: new fuel cell technology,
from The Atlantic December 2009) |
| "Stem
Cell Research: The Quest Resumes," by Alice Park (article in Time
February 9 2009) |
| "Finding Energy All
Around Us," by Bryan Walsh (micro-power sources, article in Time March 17 2008) |
| "The
Farmer's Bank," by Bryan Walsh (insuring agriculture vs.
doomsday, article in Time February 11 2008) |
| "Blueprint
Brigade," by Bryan Walsh (article about Engineers Without Borders
in Time December 10 2007) |
| "Green
Motors / The History of the Electric Car," by Bryan Walsh (in Time,
on web, October 22, 2007) |
| The
Design of Future Things, by Donald Norman (review of this 2007 book) |
| Science
& Technology Studies Links (from NC State University, policy research focus) |
| National
Center for Biotechnology Information |
| Applying
the Precautionary Principle to Nanotechnology (from the Center for
Responsible Nanotechnology) |
|
Dictionary of Technical
Terms for Aerospace Use (comprehensive NASA effort, a bit dated) |
| quotes
related to science and technology |
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More to Explore -- Worldview Theme #46B: Militarism |
|
Warrior
(online encyclopedia article) |
|
Military
School
(online encyclopedia article) |
|
Military Courtesy (online encyclopedia article) |
|
Just War Theory
(online encyclopedia) |
|
Patriotism (online encyclopedia article) |
|
Military Periscope
(online source for military news, weapons, and nations' armed forces
worldwide) |
|
The United States Army Homepage |
|
Military Weapons, Defense, Aerospace News
& Intelligence (Janes' website homepage) |
|
Military Science Related
Websites (links to hundreds of sites) |
|
Military Training
Technology (online magazine) |
|
US Army Training &
Doctrine Command |
|
Today's Military:
Military Careers |
|
Canadians for Military Preparedness |
|
USA
Patriotism: Military and Veteran Sites |
|
Center for the Study of Professional
Military Ethics |
|
Just War Theory
(online encyclopedia) |
| Just
War Theory (website devoted to philosophical study of warfare) |
| Just and Unjust Wars, by Michael Walzer
(read excerpts of this 2000 book at Google Books) |
|
Blood
Rites: Origins and History of the Passions of War by
B. Ehrenreich (read excerpts at Google Books) |
| Links
to Department of Defense and Military Electronic Journals |
| Center for
Defense Information (a non-profit, independent monitor of the
military) |
| The
Sorrows of Empire: Militarism, Secrecy, and the End of the Republic by
Chalmers Johnson |
| The
Technological Fix: Weapons and the Cost of War, by Alex Roland (a
1995 presentation to Army War College) |
| National
Missile Defense: The Technological Fix, by Lawrence Badash (2000
article by UCSB professor) |
| Links
to Military History |
| US
Coast Guard: National Security and Military Preparedness: A Historical
Bibliography |
| Stars
and Stripes ("the independent news source for the US
military") |
| Battleland--Military
Intelligence Related Blogs (on Time magazine website) |
| "An
Army Apart--The Widening Military-Civilian Gap" by Mark Thompson (Time
Nov 21 2011 cover story) |
| "The Next War Will be Digitized" by
J. Fallows (Idea #9 in Biggest Ideas of Year in The Atlantic July 2011) |
| "The
F-35: A Weapon That Costs More than Australia" by D. Tierney
(March 2011 article in The Atlantic) |
| How
We Fight: Crusades, Quagmires, and the American Way of War by D.
Tierney (more on 2010 book) |
| "Why Our Best Officers are Leaving"
by Tim Kane (article in Jan/Feb 2011 issue of The Atlantic) |
| The
Secret World of Extreme Militias by Barton Gellman ( Time Oct
11 2010 cover story) |
| "All
War is Local" by Brian Mockenhaupt (article in Oct 2010 issue of The
Atlantic) |
| "Our
American Heroes" by William Astore (July 2010 essay arguing
military service does not equal heroism) |
| "How
We Fail Our Female Vets" by Laura Fitzpatrick (in Time
July 12 2010) |
| "How
One Army Town Copes With Post Traumatic Stress," by Tim McGirk
(in Time November 30, 2009) |
| "The
Dark Side of Recruiting," by Mark Thompson (in Time April
13 2009) |
| "America's
Medicated Army," by Mark Thompson (cover story, Time June
16, 2008) |
| "Taking
Care of Our Vets," by Nancy Gibbs (in Time May 25, 2008) |
| "Dying
Under the Army's Care," by Mark Thompson (in Time February
25 2008) |
| "America's
Broken Down Army," by Mark Thompson (cover story, Time April
16, 2007) |
| "News
Scan: nuclear exchange between India and Pakistan could harm ozone layer"
(June, 2008 news item) |
| quotes
related to patriotism |
| quotes
related to war |