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Information technology came into being at a specific stage of technological development and made possible the creation of the contemporary technological system. But the goal of complete knowledge and control, at which information technology aims, is in fact illusory. We can thus anticipate in the future a corresponding increase in crises in the relations between technological systems, the technological system and nature, and the technological system and society.
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Cérézuelle, D. (1986). Information Technology and the Technological System. In: Mitcham, C., Huning, A. (eds) Philosophy and Technology II. Boston Studies in the Philosophy of Science, vol 90. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-009-4512-8_15
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