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Introduction vii
Credits xiv
Part 1. Technology, Nature, and the Human Prospect 1
The Deceiving Virtues of Technology 3
Hold a Blossom to the Light 19
Toward an Ecological Conversation 35
Part 2. Extraordinary Lives 55
Can Technology Make the Handicapped Whole? 57
The Many Voices of Destiny 79
On Forgetting to Wear Boots 99
Part 3. From Information to Education 109
Why Is the Moon Getting Farther Away? 111
Failure to Connect 123
Educational Provocations 133
Three Notes: On Baby Walkers, Video Games, and Sex 139
Who's Killing Higher Education? (Or Is It Suicide?) 149
Part 4. On Socializing Our Machines 163
Conversing with Ella 165
Flesh and Machines: The Mere Assertions of Rodney Brooks 171
From HAL to Kismet 183
Invisible Tools or Emotionally Supportive Pals? 191
Part 5. On Mechanizing Society 199
Evil 201
The Threat of Technology That Works Well 203
The Ideal of Ubiquitous Technology 217
Privacy in an Age of Data 233
A Taste for Number Magic 241
The Internet: Reflections on Our Present Discontents 257
Bibliography 269
Index 275