Citation

Weinberg AM. Bulletin of atomic scientists 1966; 22(10): 4-8.

Copyright

(Copyright © 1966)

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Abstract

The article examines the extent of remedies that can be offered by technology for social problems. The methods on how Technological Fix solved the two profound social problems, poverty and war, are explained. Other technologies that can reduce complicated social problems and does not require individuals to renounce short-term advantage for long-term gain such as intra-uterine device for birth control are discussed, as well as the problems that have technical and social components such as those concerned with conservation of natural resources. Also, the possibility of technology to replace social engineering is examined.

Language: en

Cited in: Burnham JC (2009). Accident Prone: A history of technology, psychology, and misfits of the machine age. Chicago: University of Chicago Press. ISBN-13: 978-0-226-08117-5. The book was favorably reviewed by David Hemenway in Injury Prevention (2011), doi: 10.1136/ip.2011.031658.


Special Thanks to Dr. Burnham for providing an electronic copy of the bibliographic notes that accompany each chapter. This greatly facilitated adding previously unidentified records to the SafetyLit database. SafetyLit users may obtain a listing of the book's references by searching using the following Textword(s) Exact query: "Burnham-Accident-Prone".