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In this perceptive and provocative look at everything from computer programs that will require faster processors and more support staff to antibiotics that breed repellent strains of bacteria, Edward Tenner offers a digital encyclopedia of what he calling "revenge effects" - the unintended effects of the mechanical, chemical, natural, and medical kinds of ingenuity which may have been hallmarks of the progressive, improvement-obsessed modern age. Tenner shows why our confidence in technological alternatives may be misplaced, and explores ways that we can better make it through in a global where despite technology's innovations - and often because of them - "the truth is always getting on us." For anyone expecting to understand the ways that culture and technology interact, Why Things Bite Back is indispensable listening.
