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Rethink, retool, reboot : technology as if people and planet mattered, Simon Trace

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Rethink, retool, reboot : technology as if people and planet mattered
Title
Rethink, retool, reboot
Title remainder
technology as if people and planet mattered
Statement of responsibility
Simon Trace
Creator
Author
Subject
Language
eng
Cataloging source
ERD
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Trace, Simon
Dewey number
600
Illustrations
charts
Index
index present
LC call number
T14.5
LC item number
.T73 2016
Literary form
non fiction
Nature of contents
bibliography
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  • Technology
  • Technology
  • Sustainable development
  • Technology transfer
  • Sustainable development
  • Technology
  • Technology
  • Technology transfer
Label
Rethink, retool, reboot : technology as if people and planet mattered, Simon Trace
Instantiates
Publication
Copyright
Bibliography note
Includes bibliographical references and index
Carrier category
volume
Carrier category code
  • nc
Carrier MARC source
rdacarrier
Content category
text
Content type code
  • txt
Content type MARC source
rdacontent
Contents
Part I. Rethink : Defining technology and technological progress : Defining technology ; The idea of technological progress ; The social dimensions of technology -- Technology justice: establishing the principle : Technology and environment ; Technology and human wellbeing ; A safe operating space for humanity ; Defining a principle of technology justice -- Technology justice and access to basic services : The light bulb: will it ever catch on? Access to energy services ; The tap: a technology whose time has finally come? ; Critical yet unavailable: access to essential medicines ; Technology justice and basic services -- Technology justice and access to knowledge : Feeding the world: smallholder farmers' need for better access to technical knowledge ; The digital divide ; Technology justice and the social foundation -- Technology justice and use : Justice as compromise ; Industrialized agriculture and biodiversity loss ; Energy security and climate change ; The misuse of antibiotics: turning the clock back for medicine ; Technology justice and use -- The governance of technology access and technology use: time for a rethink : Injustices in access to and use of technology ; A single unified problem -- Part II. Retool: driving innovation to develop the right technologies : The link between technological innovation and economic development : Justice as a fair space for innovation ; Understanding how innovation happens ; Innovation systems and developing economies -- Technology justice and innovation systems in practice : Justice and the management of risk in innovation ; Justice and the shaping of the purpose of innovation ; Driving sustainable pro-poor innovation: the need for change -- Intellectual property rights: part of the solution or part of the problem? : Why patent? ; Do patents encourage innovation? ; TRIPs, patents, and the negative impacts on developing countries ; Asymmetries of power ; Alternatives to the existing patent system ; Where next? -- Recognizing the role of the state in effective innovation systems : Venture capital and the valley of death in the energy sector ; Recognizing reality : governments engage in entrepreneurial activity ; Changing the narrative: rebalancing expectations of public and private-sector roles -- Beyond market forces: other drivers for innovation : Innovation for what? ; Innovation for whom? ; Innovation by whom? -- Making technology innovation work for people and planet: the need to retool -- Part III. Reboot: building a different approach to the governance of technology : Reimagining technology as if people and the planet mattered : The need to reboot our relationship with technology ; Rebooting access ; Rebooting use ; Rebooting innovation ; Changing the way technology is governed ; Technology as if people and planet mattered -- Epilogue : Is small beautiful? -- Appendices : 1. Failures to adhere to the precautionary principle -- 2. List of diseases defined as "neglected' in G-FINDER 2011 -- 3. Estimating the costs of true energy access
Control code
ocn958124985
Dimensions
24 cm
Extent
xiv, 256 pages
Isbn
9781853399053
Media category
unmediated
Media MARC source
rdamedia
Media type code
  • n
Other physical details
charts
System control number
(OCoLC)958124985
Label
Rethink, retool, reboot : technology as if people and planet mattered, Simon Trace
Publication
Copyright
Bibliography note
Includes bibliographical references and index
Carrier category
volume
Carrier category code
  • nc
Carrier MARC source
rdacarrier
Content category
text
Content type code
  • txt
Content type MARC source
rdacontent
Contents
Part I. Rethink : Defining technology and technological progress : Defining technology ; The idea of technological progress ; The social dimensions of technology -- Technology justice: establishing the principle : Technology and environment ; Technology and human wellbeing ; A safe operating space for humanity ; Defining a principle of technology justice -- Technology justice and access to basic services : The light bulb: will it ever catch on? Access to energy services ; The tap: a technology whose time has finally come? ; Critical yet unavailable: access to essential medicines ; Technology justice and basic services -- Technology justice and access to knowledge : Feeding the world: smallholder farmers' need for better access to technical knowledge ; The digital divide ; Technology justice and the social foundation -- Technology justice and use : Justice as compromise ; Industrialized agriculture and biodiversity loss ; Energy security and climate change ; The misuse of antibiotics: turning the clock back for medicine ; Technology justice and use -- The governance of technology access and technology use: time for a rethink : Injustices in access to and use of technology ; A single unified problem -- Part II. Retool: driving innovation to develop the right technologies : The link between technological innovation and economic development : Justice as a fair space for innovation ; Understanding how innovation happens ; Innovation systems and developing economies -- Technology justice and innovation systems in practice : Justice and the management of risk in innovation ; Justice and the shaping of the purpose of innovation ; Driving sustainable pro-poor innovation: the need for change -- Intellectual property rights: part of the solution or part of the problem? : Why patent? ; Do patents encourage innovation? ; TRIPs, patents, and the negative impacts on developing countries ; Asymmetries of power ; Alternatives to the existing patent system ; Where next? -- Recognizing the role of the state in effective innovation systems : Venture capital and the valley of death in the energy sector ; Recognizing reality : governments engage in entrepreneurial activity ; Changing the narrative: rebalancing expectations of public and private-sector roles -- Beyond market forces: other drivers for innovation : Innovation for what? ; Innovation for whom? ; Innovation by whom? -- Making technology innovation work for people and planet: the need to retool -- Part III. Reboot: building a different approach to the governance of technology : Reimagining technology as if people and the planet mattered : The need to reboot our relationship with technology ; Rebooting access ; Rebooting use ; Rebooting innovation ; Changing the way technology is governed ; Technology as if people and planet mattered -- Epilogue : Is small beautiful? -- Appendices : 1. Failures to adhere to the precautionary principle -- 2. List of diseases defined as "neglected' in G-FINDER 2011 -- 3. Estimating the costs of true energy access
Control code
ocn958124985
Dimensions
24 cm
Extent
xiv, 256 pages
Isbn
9781853399053
Media category
unmediated
Media MARC source
rdamedia
Media type code
  • n
Other physical details
charts
System control number
(OCoLC)958124985

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