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The Survival Imperative

Commentary on “Whither the University? Universities of Technology and the Problem of Institutional Purpose”

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Humans are powerful and clever, and also more ignorant than they know. As a result, they too often fail to acknowledge or even recognize their limitations, and are more arrogant than humble regarding their capabilities. Education that explicitly recognizes and addresses the context of science and technology, their inherent values and ethical implications and concerns, and their problematic as well as beneficial impacts can potentially rescue the human species from itself.

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Bird, S.J. The Survival Imperative. Sci Eng Ethics 25, 1699–1704 (2019). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11948-019-00159-3

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