{"product_id":"future-imperfect-technology-and-freedom-in-an-uncertain-world-hardback-9780521877329","title":"Future Imperfect; Technology and Freedom in an Uncertain World (Hardback) 9780521877329","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eFuture Imperfect\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\u003cfont size=\"5\"\u003eTechnology and Freedom in an Uncertain World\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eFuture Imperfect describes and discusses technological revolutions that might happen over the next few decades, their implications and how to deal with them.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eDavid D. Friedman (Author)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9780521877329, Cambridge University Press\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eHardback, published 21 July 2008\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e358 pages\u003cbr\u003e22.9 x 15.2 x 2.4 cm, 0.63 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e'Provocative would be another term for 'Future Imperfect', in which Friedman lays out a tantalizing range of either\/or futures - greater personal privacy and choice protected by encryption and private contracts, or a Big Brotheresque world in which surveillance technologies and databases catalog our behaviors' San Francisco Chronicle\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eFuture Imperfect describes and discusses a variety of technological revolutions that might happen over the next few decades, their implications and how to deal with them. Topics range from encryption and surveillance through biotechnology and nanotechnology to life extension, mind drugs, virtual reality and artificial intelligence. One theme of the book is that the future is radically uncertain. Technological changes already begun could lead to more or less privacy than we have ever known, freedom or slavery, effective immortality or the elimination of our species, and radical changes in life, marriage, law, medicine, work and play. We do not know which future will arrive, but it is unlikely to be much like the past. It is worth starting to think about it now.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003ePart I. Prolog: 1. Introduction\u003cbr\u003e 2. Living with change\u003cbr\u003e Part II. Privacy and Technology: 3. A world of strong privacy\u003cbr\u003e 4. Information processing: threat or menace? or if information is property, who owns it?\u003cbr\u003e 5. Surveillance tech: the universal panopticon\u003cbr\u003e Part III. Doing Business Online: 6. Ecash\u003cbr\u003e 7. Contracts in cyberspace\u003cbr\u003e 8. Watermarks and barbed wire\u003cbr\u003e 9. Reactionary progress - amateur scholars and open source\u003cbr\u003e 10. Intermission: what's a meta phor?\u003cbr\u003e Part IV. Crime and Control: 11. The future of computer crime\u003cbr\u003e 12. Law enforcement x 2\u003cbr\u003e Part V. Biotechnologies: 13. Human reproduction\u003cbr\u003e 14. The more you know …\u003cbr\u003e 15. As gods in the garden\u003cbr\u003e 16. Mind drugs\u003cbr\u003e Part VI. The Real Science Fiction: 17. The last lethal disease\u003cbr\u003e 18. Very small Legos\u003cbr\u003e 19. Dangerous company\u003cbr\u003e 20. All in your mind\u003cbr\u003e 21. The final frontier\u003cbr\u003e 22. Interesting times.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eSubject Areas: Law [\u003ca title=\"See our other books on Law\" href=\"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/search?q=%22Law%20%5BL%5D%22\"\u003eL\u003c\/a\u003e], Economics, finance, business \u0026amp; management [\u003ca title=\"See our other books on Economics, finance, business \u0026amp; management\" href=\"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/search?q=%22Economics,%20finance,%20business%20\u0026amp;%20management%20%5BK%5D%22\"\u003eK\u003c\/a\u003e]\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"Cambridge University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46005312192792,"sku":"9780521877329","price":28.78,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0730\/2037\/5320\/products\/9780521877329i_bd120346-6999-47ec-8b32-f460ca0cc344.jpg?v=1691358754","url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/future-imperfect-technology-and-freedom-in-an-uncertain-world-hardback-9780521877329","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}