Showing papers in "Technology in Society in 1980"

TL;DR: In this article, the authors discuss the need for independent, continous, and reasonable evaluation measures based on explicit and comprehensible criteria for evaluating the merits of an innovation, which must be founded on a refined sense of context.

TL;DR: In this paper, the authors assess the current knowledge about planned change as it bears on one particular area: management's efforts to improve effectiveness through a better use of human resources, focusing on middle managers and professionals.

TL;DR: The use of computers in other areas of the electoral process was discussed in this paper. But the authors did not discuss the use of computer technology in tabulating election day results and making predictions as to the eventual winner.

TL;DR: Wiesner and Hornig as discussed by the authors discussed how three science advisors encountered and used "political" concerns such as regionalism, quick-f= solutions, bureaucratic maneuvering and patronage.

TL;DR: In this article, the authors suggest some ways in which philosophy, with the aid of developmental psychology, might contribute to the teaching of engineering ethics to engineering students, and suggest that philosophy can also be used in the training of engineering students.

TL;DR: A year or two ago, a railroad car filled with propane exploded and burned, killing and injuring well over 100 persons and destroying two city blocks as discussed by the authors. But this disaster was caused by a supertanker filled with liquid natural gas, not by an underground storage vault, but by a single railroad car.

TL;DR: A fundamental prerequisite for an open democratic society is that citizens be adequately informed of the major issues of the day, that they understand the factors that go into making public policy on these issues as discussed by the authors.

TL;DR: The role of the courts in regulation of risks, such as administrative licensing of nuclear power plants, was discussed in this article, with the emphasis on the untutored approach in judicial decisions about even highly technical matters.

TL;DR: In the 1980's, nuclear and conventional military hardware have for the last generation been the lynchpins in defense strategies as discussed by the authors, providing a feeling of national security by offering a capability to forestall acts of aggression and to destroy an enemy's civilian population in the event of nuclear attack.

TL;DR: In this paper, the authors examine some of the obstacles to a more vigorous pursuit of energy conservation, and suggest ways in which CSIT members might advance the cause of the energy conservation.

TL;DR: In this article, the authors argue that people invest primarily for security reasons and only secondarily or incidentally for purely profit motives, and that current investment vehicles are ill-suited for providing security.

TL;DR: Engineers are becoming more and more involved in the issues of the impact of technology on society but do engineers know what is the meaning of the word “technology”?