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The philosophy of technology is not influencing technological change because there isn't a single philosophy of technology. Philosophers of technology should be involved in technological change because we have something valuable to offer. But before we can get involved, we have to be accepted by those effecting the changes. That means we have to acquire the credentials necessary to establish our credibility. We have to get our hands dirty.

Part one. Defining . The nature of technology ; Winners and losers : the differential effects of technological change -- part two. The process of technological change. The sources of technological change ; Scientific knowledge and technological advance ; The diffusion of technology -- part three How technology affects the health of earth and its inhabitants. Technology, energy, and the environment ; Medical technologies ; Genetic technologies -- part four. Technology and the transformation of work. Work in nonindustrial societies ; Technology and jobs : more of one and less of the other? ; Technological changes and life on the job -- part five. Communication. Printing ; The electronic media : from the telegraph to television ; The Internet age -- part six. The tools of destruction. Weapons and their consequences ; The era of smart weapons ; How new weapons emerge- and how they may be contained -- part seven. The shaping and control of technology. Technology and its creators : who's in charge of whom? ; Organizations and technological change ; Governing technology

Sociology Reference Guide: The Impacts of Technological Change -- Contents -- Introduction -- Technology & -- Societal Development -- Jacques Ellul's Technological Society -- The Technological Revolution -- Knowledge-based Economy -- The Digital Divide -- The Internet & -- Society -- Technology & -- the Mass Media -- Social Aspects of Technology in Education -- Social Impacts of Wireless Communication -- Technology & -- the Judicial System -- Social Impacts of Cyber Crime -- Technology & -- Surveillance -- Technology & -- Medicine -- Posthumanism -- Weapons of Mass Destruction.

The chapters of this work summarize the results of 35 years dedicated to studying how technologies change work & organizations. The first chapter places current developments in artificial intelligence into the historical context of previous technological revolutions by drawing on William Faunce's argument that the history of technology is one of progressive automation of the four components of any production system: energy, transformation, & transfer & control technologies. The second chapter lays out a role-based theory of how technologies occasion changes in organizations. The third chapter tackles the issue of how to conceptualize a more thorough approach to assessing how intelligent technologies, such as AI, can shape work & employment. The fourth chapter discusses what has been learned over the years about the fears that arise when one sets out to study technical work & technical workers.