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Tabachnick, David
The great reversal : how we let technology take control of the planet / David Edward Tabachnick.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN 978-0-8020-9263-2 (bound). – ISBN 978-0-8020-9469-8 (pbk.)
1. Technology and civilization. 2. Technology – Philosophy. 3. Technology – Social aspects. 4. Technology – Moral and ethical aspects. 5. Virtue.
CB478.T22 2013 303.48′3 C2012-906125-5
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