SOCA02H3 Lecture Notes - Visible Minority, Recombinant Dna, Profit Motive

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Soc chap 22 notes: technology and the global environment. Before the atomic bomb was dropped on hiroshima, technology was defined as the application of scientific principles to the improvement of human life. Beginning in the 1970"s, several technological disasters alerted the public to the fact that technology is not always beneficial. These include the outbreak of legionnaires" disease, the nuclear reactor explosion in chernobyl, and the exxon valdez oil spill. Normal accidents: a term that recognizes that the very complexity of modern technologies ensures they will inevitably fail, though in unpredictable ways. Risk society: coined by ulrich beck to describe a society in which technology distributes danger among all categories of the population. This danger can be environmental threats such as global warming, ozone depletion, etc. that are more stressful and widespread. It is not the scientists and engineers, but the military and large corporations.

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