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The Real World of Technology
By:Ursula M. Franklin
Published on 1999 by House of Anansi

In this expanded edition of her bestselling 1989 CBC Massey Lectures, renowned Canadian scientist and humanitarian Ursula M. Franklin examines the impact of technology upon our lives and addresses the extraordinary changes in the bit sphere since The Real World of Technology was first published. In four new chapters, Franklin tackles contentious issues, such as the dilution of privacy and intellectual property rights, the impact of the current technology on government and governance, the shift from consumer capitalism to investment capitalism, and the influence of the Internet upon the craft of writing.

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This book shouldn't be required reading... reading plays that you do not want to see is awful. Reading a play kinda sucks in the first place, if it had been meant to be read, then it will be a novel, not a play. On top of that the teach had us students read the play aloud (on person for every single character for a few pages). None people had see the play before. None folks wanted to see it (I made the mistake of taking the'easy'english class for 6 years). The teacher picked students that appeared to be they weren't paying attention. All of this compounded to produce me virtually hate reading classics for something such as 10 years (granted macbeth alone wasn't the problem). I also hate iambic pentameter. Pure activism there. STOP the mandatory reading of plays. It's wrong, morally and academically. And it also can definitely fuck up your GPA. 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