High Tech/High Touch: Technology and Our Accelerated Search for Meaning

High Tech/High Touch: Technology and Our Accelerated Search for Meaning

by JohnNaisbitt (Author)

Synopsis

This text offers perspectives and insights on the interplay between technology and people. It is a compelling tour of our contemporary technology immersion , and the author sets out to explain the new dynamics of our cultures, where each of us fits in, and how we can make the most of the extraordinary changes that are taking place in society today. The book explores everything from the views of doctors and scientists on genetic engineering to the problems that parents face contending with violent computer games. Its forecasts span science, war, religion, commerce, communications, art, manufacturing - and many other areas of our lives.

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Format: Paperback
Pages: 288
Edition: New edition
Publisher: Nicholas Brealey Publishing
Published: 01 Mar 2001

ISBN 10: 1857882601
ISBN 13: 9781857882605

Author Bio
John Naisbitt is widely regarded as one of the world's top social forecasters who has been accurately describing the future since 1968. His books including Megatrends, together with Global Paradox and Megatrends Asia (both published by Nicholas Brealey) have sold more than 14 million copies worldwide. The recipient of 12 honorary degrees, Naisbitt has been a visiting fellow at Harvard, a Distinguished International Fellow at ISIS in Malaysia, a visiting professor at Moscow State University and is a renowned international speaker. Nana Naisbitt and Douglas Philips, both writers, artists and entrepreneurs, have worked on projects for Kellogg's, Motorola, Leo Burnett, and Shell Oil Company.