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Man, Machines and Tomorrow

M. W. Thring

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Routledge
31 January 2024
Society & culture: general; Impact of science & technology on society; Technology: general issues
Series: Routledge Revivals
First Published in 1973, Man, Machines and Tomorrow investigates the ways in which technologists themselves can solve the problems which the technological society has brought upon itself. Professor Thring is hopeful for the future of mankind. In this book he is concerned to establish the possibility of a real machine served utopia in which all men and women are free to find their self-fulfillment to the limit of their possibilities.

The year 2000 was proposed as a crucial date, when overpopulation and limited resources will force society to rethink its very foundations. Professor Thring suggests creation of a ‘Creative Society’ and demonstrates the ways in which engineers would be able to apply technology in the service of that society. He describes the machines-in communications, medicine, education, food production-that could be invented and argues that it is the engineer who must devise these machines to be the slaves of mankind, in order to give a maximum quality of life to every individual. In the current world where we are grappling with questions of climate change, pandemic, ethical use of AI and machine learning, this book is an important historical reference to understand the larger questions about the future of technology and mankind.
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Imprint:   Routledge
Country of Publication:   United Kingdom
Dimensions:   Height: 234mm,  Width: 156mm, 
Weight:   439g
ISBN:   9781032643281
ISBN 10:   1032643285
Series:   Routledge Revivals
Pages:   146
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Audience:   College/higher education ,  Primary
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Forword by Lord Bowden, Principal, UMIST Preface 1. Suicide or Survival 2. The Industrial Revolution: The First Hundred Years 3. The Industrial Revolution: The Second Hundred Years 4. The Debit and Credit Balances 5. The Creative Society 6. World Transport in a Creative Society 7. Food Production in a Creative Society 8. Paid Work in a Creative Society 9. The Home and the Community in a Creative Society 10. Social Responsibility in a Creative Society 11. What Can, and must, be done Index

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