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Delays in technology development
their impact on the issues of determinism, autonomy and controllability of technology
pp. 57-77
Abstract
This chapter presents a discussion of diverse delays in the processes of technology development. The concept of delay has a technical meaning here, related to the theory of automatic control. A delay in a dynamic system is the interval of time between the start of an action and the observation of its effects (first or advanced effects, this distinguishes pure delay from inertial delay).
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Wierzbicki Andrzej P. (2015) Technen: elements of recent history of information technologies with epistemological conclusions. Dordrecht, Springer.
Pages: 57-77
DOI: 10.1007/978-3-319-09033-7_4
Full citation:
Wierzbicki Andrzej P. (2015) Delays in technology development: their impact on the issues of determinism, autonomy and controllability of technology, In: Technen, Dordrecht, Springer, 57–77.