Chris Ategeka - The Unintended Consequences of Technology

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2 TITLE PAGE CHRIS ATEGEKA

3 COPYRIGHT

4 DEDICATION

5 INTRODUCTION WHY ME? THE BOOK'S GOALS WHAT THIS BOOK COVERS

6 PART I: HOW HUMANITY GOT INTO THIS MESS CHAPTER 1: Capitalism: The Cult of Self-Sufficiency A QUICK HISTORY OF CAPITALISM WHERE WE ARE NOW ADVANTAGES OF CAPITALISM THE UNINTENDED OR WILLFULLY IGNORED NEGATIVE CONSEQUENCES OF CAPITALISM IN THE TECHNOLOGY SECTOR HOW TO MITIGATE UCOTS AND REIMAGINE CAPITALISM THE FUTURE OF CAPITALISM REFERENCES CHAPTER 2: Tech-States: Are Nation-States Obsolete? A QUICK LOOK AT THE NATION-STATE A QUICK LOOK AT A TECH-STATE ADVANTAGES OF THE TECH-STATE THE UNINTENDED OR WILLFULLY IGNORED NEGATIVE CONSEQUENCES OF A TECH-STATE REFERENCES

7 PART II: TECHNOLOGIES AND TRENDS WITH LOTS OF PROMISE BUT ALSO UNCERTAINTY CHAPTER 3: Data: What Is the Data Industrial Complex? THE HISTORY OF DATA THE WORLD OF BIG DATA POSITIVE USE CASES FOR BIG DATA UNINTENDED CONSEQUENCES OF BIG DATA HOW TO MITIGATE UCOTS OF BIG DATA RESETTING BIG DATA REFERENCES CHAPTER 4: Artificial Intelligence Will Humans Soon Be Irrelevant? WHAT IS AI? WHY SHOULD YOU CARE ABOUT AI? A QUICK HISTORY OF AI POSITIVE USE CASES FOR AI THE NEGATIVE UNINTENDED CONSEQUENCES OF AI THE FUTURE OF AI REFERENCES CHAPTER 5: Blockchain: Can Trust Be Decentralized? HOW DOES BLOCKCHAIN WORK? WHY SHOULD YOU CARE ABOUT BLOCKCHAIN? BLOCKCHAIN USE CASES THE UNINTENDED CONSEQUENCES OF BLOCKCHAIN WHAT'S BEING DONE TO ADDRESS THESE UCOTS? THE FUTURE OF BLOCKCHAIN REFERENCES CHAPTER 6: Conditioning: From Human to User to an Addicted “Drug” User? A QUICK HISTORY OF MEDIA ADVANTAGES OF MASS DIGITAL MEDIA THE UNINTENDED OR WILLFULLY IGNORED NEGATIVE CONSEQUENCES OF MASS MEDIA HOW TO MITIGATE THE UCOTS OF MASS MEDIA BEHAVIOR MODIFICATION TECHNIQUES REFERENCES CHAPTER 7: Genomics: What Happens When Humans Play God? HOW DOES GENE EDITING WORK? A QUICK LOOK AT THE HISTORY OF GENE EDITING POSITIVE USE CASES OF GENE EDITING THE UNINTENDED OR WILLFULLY IGNORED NEGATIVE CONSEQUENCES OF GENE EDITING WHAT HAS BEEN DONE TO MITIGATE THE UCOTS OF GENE EDITING THE RESET ON GENE EDITING REFERENCES CHAPTER 8: 5G: Is This a New “Cold War” You’ve Never Heard Of? A QUICK LOOK AT THE HISTORY OF 5G POSITIVE USE CASES FOR 5G THE UNINTENDED OR WILLFULLY IGNORED NEGATIVE CONSEQUENCES OF 5G HOW TO MITIGATE THE UCOTS OF 5G THE RESET ON 5G REFERENCES CHAPTER 9: Truth In the Era of Willful Ignorance: Is Trust Over? THEORIES ON TRUTH WHY DO PEOPLE TELL FALSEHOODS? WHY POLITICAL LIES ARE ESPECIALLY DAMAGING THE UNINTENDED OR WILLFULLY IGNORED NEGATIVE CONSEQUENCES OF EXPONENTIAL TECHNOLOGY ON TRUTH HOW TO MITIGATE THE UCOTS OF FALSEHOODS THE RESET ON TECHNOLOGY AND TRUTH REFERENCES CHAPTER 10: Warfare: Is “Cyber” the New Gunpowder? A QUICK HISTORY OF MODERN WARFARE HOW DO BAD ACTORS GAIN ACCESS TO SYSTEMS? THE INTENDED AND UNINTENDED CONSEQUENCES OF CYBER WARFARE ACTIONS AGAINST CYBER WARFARE REFERENCES CHAPTER 11: Work: Why Do People Work? WHY DO PEOPLE WORK? A QUICK HISTORY OF WORK WHERE WE STAND NOW POSITIVE USE CASES OF TECHNOLOGY ON THE FUTURE OF WORK THE UCOTS OF TECHNOLOGY ON WORK AND WORKERS ACTIONS AGAINST THE UCOTS OF WORK THE FUTURE OF WORK REFERENCES CHAPTER 12: Climate: Are Humans the New “Weapons of Mass Destruction”? WHAT IS CLIMATE CHANGE? A QUICK HISTORY OF THE CLIMATE CHANGE MOVEMENT THE UNINTENDED CONSEQUENCES OF TECHNOLOGY ON THE CLIMATE HOW TO MITIGATE THE UCOTS OF TECHNOLOGY ON CLIMATE CHANGE AS A LEADER, WHAT CAN YOU DO ABOUT CLIMATE CHANGE? REFERENCES CHAPTER 13: Ethics: Are Universal Ethical Principles Possible in Technology? WHAT ARE ETHICS? ETHICAL CHALLENGES OF TECHNOLOGY IN A GLOBAL CONTEXT THE UNINTENDED CONSEQUENCES OF UNETHICAL PRACTICES IN TECHNOLOGY ETHICAL CONCERNS RELATED TO TECHNOLOGY REFERENCES CHAPTER 14: Restart: The Most Powerful Vote We Have: The Ballot, Money, or Attention? VOTING WITH OUR ATTENTION VOTING AT THE BALLOT BOX VOTING BY SPENDING MONEY FINAL THOUGHTS REFERENCES

8 ACKNOWLEDGMENTS

9 ABOUT THE AUTHOR

10 INDEX

11 END USER LICENSE AGREEMENT

1 Cover

2 Title Page

3 Copyright

4 Dedication

5 Introduction

6 Table of Contents

7 Begin Reading

8 Acknowledgments

9 About the Author

10 Index

11 End User License Agreement

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