Progress or Freedom Who Gets to Govern Society's Economic and Technological Future? /

• Main Authors: Lorenzi, Jean-Hervé (Author, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut), Berrebi, Mickaël (http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Palgrave Macmillan, 2019.
• Edition: 1st ed. 2019.
• Subjects: Economic growth.; Economic policy.; Technology-Sociological aspects.; Welfare economics.; Public policy.; Culture-Economic aspects.; Economic Growth.; Economic Policy.; Science and Technology Studies.; Social Choice/Welfare Economics/Public Choice/Political Economy.; Public Policy.; Cultural Economics.

Technological dominance is shifting the balance of global economic stability. This is the central premise behind the latest book from Lorenzi and Berrebi who view the rise of artificial intelligence, robotics, use of private data, and genetic transformation, among other developments, culminating in...

Table of Contents:

• 1. Introduction: The New Human Condition
• 2. A Major Stagnation, But Not a Secular One
• 3. The High Tech Eden
• 4. A Shattered Labour Market
• 5. Human Genius at the Controls
• 6. A Disengaged Society?
• 7. Who Governs: Politicians, or Technology Prophets?
• 8. Two Possible Paths: The Great Parting of Ways
• 9. Re-humanising the World.