SOSC 1340 Lecture Notes - Lecture 11: Ronald Wright, Societal Collapse, Biological Engineering
16 May 2020
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The rebellion of the tools is the quote i picked for this reflection. The rebellion of the tools is the final chapter of the book a short history of progress. Which means we have to look back at the past examples to modern society. Technology is moving up in bio-engineering, nanotechnology, cybernetics, among others, and have the possible ability to be progress traps. The modern community of people means that a societal collapse could affect all of mankind. Necessary improvements are, in wright"s view being blocked by devolved interest who are hateful to change, including. Wright then concludes that the present behavior is typical of failed societies at the high point of their greediness and egotism and calls for a change towards long term thinking. The rebellion of the tools" from a short history of progress.
