Blaine Morrow

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The title of an influential essay on the role of technology in society asked the question: “Do Artifacts Have Politics?” According to its author, Langdon Winner, the answer is yes—the things that we produce are not only shaped by social forces, they also help to mold the political life of a society. Some technologies are flexible and can thrive equally well in democratic or totalitarian countries. But Winner pointed to one invention that could never be managed with a completely open, democratic spirit: the atomic bomb. “As long as it exists at all, its lethal properties demand that it be ...more
Command and Control: Nuclear Weapons, the Damascus Accident, and the Illusion of Safety
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