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To save everything click here: The folly of technological solutionism.

Anna Kuchment, +1 more
- 01 Jan 2013 - 
- Vol. 308, Iss: 3, pp 82-82
TLDR
A review of the book "To Save Everything Click Here: The Folly of Technological Solutionism," by Evgeny Morozov is presented.
Abstract
A review of the book "To Save Everything Click Here: The Folly of Technological Solutionism," by Evgeny Morozov is presented.

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