Throughout human history technological invention has driven great cultural changes, profoundly changed human lives and brought both unintended consequences and unpredictable rewards. This unit surveys a range of emerging technologies that have great potential for both positive and negative impacts on human wellbeing and sustainability, including genetics, robotics, information technology and nanotechnology. It then examines the links between technologies, economies and ecologies and the way in which economic forces have always driven technological innovation. <br/><br/>How can technological and economic resources be harnessed in a more sustainable way? In order to answer this question,... -- Course Website
Instructor: Professor Neville Bruce
Prerequisites: IHST5801 Humans in a World of Change (formerly IHST8801 Orientation to Integrated Human Studies) or concurrent enrolment
