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1Normal Accidents
Normal Accidents
Charles Perrow
A 1984 study of how complex technological systems fail, which takes up the same question of technological risk.
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2Risk Society
Risk Society
Ulrich Beck
A sociological account of how modern societies produce and manage risks, first published in German in 1986.
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3The Technological Society
The Technological Society
Jacques Ellul
A critical account of how technique shapes modern life, first published in French in 1954.
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4Technopoly
Technopoly
Neil Postman
A 1992 essay on how technology comes to dominate culture and what it costs, written in the period this book belongs to.
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5Silent Spring
Silent Spring
Rachel Carson
A 1962 book on the harm that chemical technologies can do to living systems, a landmark in public thinking about technological risk.
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6The Black Swan
The Black Swan
Nassim Nicholas Taleb
A 2007 book on rare, high-impact events and why people underestimate the risks they create.
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7Collapse
Collapse
Jared Diamond
A 2005 account of how societies fail under environmental and technological pressure, drawing on historical cases.
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8Global Catastrophes and Trends
Global Catastrophes and Trends
Vaclav Smil
A 2008 survey of large-scale risks to human civilisation, covering technology alongside natural and social threats.
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9Frankenstein
Frankenstein
Mary Shelley
An 1818 novel about a creation that escapes its maker's control, one of the earliest works about the dangers of technological ambition.
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