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• Technological momentum — is a theory about the relationship between technology and society over time. The term was originally developed by the historian of technology Thomas P. Hughes.Hughes s thesis is a synthesis of two separate models for how technology and society… …   Wikipedia

• Technological Somnambulism — is a concept used when talking about the philosophy of technology. The term was used by Langdon Winner in his essay Technology as forms of life . Winner puts forth the idea that we are simply in a state of sleepwalking in our mediations with… …   Wikipedia

• Technological change — Original model of three phases of the process of Technological Change Technological change (TC) is a term that is used to describe the overall process of invention, innovation and diffusion of technology or processes[1][2]. Th …   Wikipedia

• Technological singularity — The technological singularity is a theoretical future point of unprecedented technological progress, caused in part by the ability of machines to improve themselves using artificial intelligence. [Harvtxt|Singularity Institute for Artificial… …   Wikipedia

• Technological and industrial history of the United States — The technological and industrial history of the United States describes the United States emergence as one of the largest nations in the world as well as the most technologically powerful nation in the world. The availability of land and labor,… …   Wikipedia

• The 'Human' Factor — Infobox Film name = The Human Factor image size = caption = The Human Factor DVD director = Edward Dmytryk producer = Frank Avianca writer = Peter Powell Thomas Hunter narrator = starring = George Kennedy John Mills Rita Tushingham Raf Vallone… …   Wikipedia

• technology, history of — Introduction       the development over time of systematic techniques for making and doing things. The term technology, a combination of the Greek technē, “art, craft,” with logos, “word, speech,” meant in Greece a discourse on the arts, both… …   Universalium

• Leslie White — Leslie Alvin White (19 January 1900, Salida, Colorado ndash; 31 March 1975, Lone Pine, California) was an American anthropologist known for his advocacy of theories of cultural evolution, social evolutionism and especially neoevolutionism, and… …   Wikipedia

• White's law — White s law, named after Leslie White and published in 1949, states that, other factors remaining constant, culture evolves as the amount of energy harnessed per capita per year is increased, or as the efficiency of the instrumental means of… …   Wikipedia

• Habitat destruction — The Chaco thorn forest is being felled at a rate considered among the highest in the world to give way to soybean cultivation. Habitat destruction is the process in which natural habitat is rendered functionally unable to support the species… …   Wikipedia

• Scenario planning — [or scenario thinking or scenario analysis] is a strategic planning method that some organizations use to make flexible long term plans. It is in large part an adaptation and generalization of classic methods used by military intelligence.The… …   Wikipedia