NATS 1760 Lecture Notes - Technoscience, Scientism, Sheep Farming
20 Jun 2013
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Science, technology & citizenship 4: the future of techno-science. How do we respond to and manage the rise in this risk consciousness. Beck; more power, someday everyone will die of something etc. Interactive expertise, grid/group theory, concerns about scientism etc. Everyone in favor of increasing investment in stem increased productivity, economic growth, etc. But maybe we should also thing about how use stem more wisely. Current issues facing us (climate, energy, gmos, nukes) aren"t going to be solved with more" science and technology, but with alternative, social science tools- ways to think about expertise, risk, doubt/certainty. Democracy the "rule by the many" - power spread out. Advantages: 1) leaders have to listen to large # of people. 3) less-observed; elites more likely to be swept out if in power too longer. Expertise the concentration of knowledge amount specialists in topics; different kinds of knowledge is concentrated. Advantages: 1) division of labour; more efficient to learn.
