Technological Fix

The term technological fix should mean a fix provided by technology--a solution for all of our problems from medicine and food production to the environment and business. Instead technological fix has come to mean a cheap quick fix using inappropriate technology that usually creates more problems than it solves. This collection sets out the distinction between a technological fix and a true technological solution.<br><br>Bringing together scholars from a variety of disciplines the essays trace the technological fix as it has appeared throughout the twentieth century. Addressing such fixes as artificial hearts industrial agriculture and climate engineering these essays examine our need to turn to technology for solutions to all of our problems.