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Technological Pessimism

Technological Pessimism is a theoretical stance within the discourse of Technological Determinism that holds technological progress as inherently detrimental to human autonomy, social well-being, and cultural integrity, emphasizing the inevitability of negative sociotechnical outcomes.

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99

Authors

59

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2017–2026

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Publications

61

The Allocation of Energy Resources

William D. Nordhaus, H. S. Houthakker, Robert M. Solow · Brookings Papers on Economic Activity · 1973 · 576 citations · Full text

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The psychological impact of technology from a global perspective: A study of technological sophistication and technophobia in university students from twenty-three countries

Michelle M. Weil, Larry D. Rosen · Computers in Human Behavior · 1995 · 193 citations

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The New View of Investment: A Neoclassical Analysis

Edmund S. Phelps · The Quarterly Journal of Economics · 1962 · 145 citations

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Promising pessimism: Reading the futures to be avoided in biotech

Richard Tutton · Social Studies of Science · 2011 · 138 citations

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STS and the City

Olivier Coutard, Simon Guy · Science Technology & Human Values · 2007 · 121 citations

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Authors

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  1. JL
    Jennifer L. Hochschild

    Harvard University Press, United States

    3 publications · 57 citations

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  2. MS
    Maya Sen

    Harvard University, United States

    3 publications · 57 citations

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  3. NA
    Nick Allum

    University of Essex, United Kingdom

    2 publications · 118 citations

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  4. AA
    Agnes Allansdottir

    London School of Economics and Political Science, United Kingdom

    2 publications · 118 citations

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  5. JJ
    Jonathan Jackson

    London School of Economics and Political Science, United Kingdom

    2 publications · 118 citations

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Institutions

59

  1. Yale University

    New Haven, United States

    2 h-index

    2 publications

    721 citations

  2. University of Manchester

    Manchester, United Kingdom

    2 h-index

    2 publications

    140 citations

  3. Harvard University

    Cambridge, United States

    2 h-index

    4 publications

    64 citations

  4. University of Cambridge

    Cambridge, United Kingdom

    2 h-index

    2 publications

    54 citations

  5. Harvard University Press

    Cambridge, United States

    2 h-index

    3 publications

    46 citations

  6. University of Massachusetts Amherst

    Amherst Center, United States

    2 h-index

    3 publications

    112 citations

  7. University of Michigan

    Ann Arbor, United States

    2 h-index

    5 publications

    206 citations

  8. The Graduate Center, CUNY

    New York, United States

    1 h-index

    1 publications

    18 citations

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Venues

  1. Choice Reviews Online

    CRO · 2 publications · 65 citations

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  2. RePEc: Research Papers in Economics

    Repository · 2 publications · 34 citations

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  4. SSRN Electronic Journal

    Repository · 2 publications · 28 citations

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  5. Analysis

    2 publications · 54 citations

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