Why things bite back: technology and the revenge of unintended consequences

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Technology has made us healthier and wealthier, but we arenʼt necessarily happier in our zealously engineered surroundings. Edward Tenner is a connoisseur of what he calls revenge effects-the unintended, ironic consequences of the mechanical, chemical, biological and medical forms of ingenuity that have been hallmarks of the progressive, improvement-obsessed twentieth century.

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