Why Things Bite Back : Technology and the Revenge of Unintended Consequences (Paperback)

from sirfurboy

A wonderful set of case studies in how the law of unintended consequences always applies in any undertaking. The book avoids the obvious trap - the temptation to preach that we should therefore do nothing, whilst providing cautionary advice, such that we should always consider the law of unintend...

from SeriousGrace

Edward Tenner takes an in-depth look at the technology that first set out to make our lives easier, more convenient, and faster: technologies that include chemistry, invention, ingenuity and just plain luck. The advances science and medicine don't come without fault and failure. It's these drawba...

from sarcher

The examples used to support the author's narrative are generally communicated superficially and almost exclusively cover "well known stuff." Exxon Valdez, kudzu, helmets leading to riskier behavior, carp, zebra mussels, etc. - all subjects well covered in popular culture. Perhaps these were larg...