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Author Ben-Haim, Yakov, 1952- author.

Title The dilemmas of Wonderland : decisions in the age of innovation / Yakov Ben-Haim
Published Oxford, United Kingdom : Oxford University Press, 2018

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Contents Introduction -- Innovation dilemmas : examples -- Uncertainty, ignorance, suprise - the endless frontier -- Optimization and its limits -- Managing innovation dilemmas -- Cultures of innovation and progress
Summary "Innovations create both opportunities and dilemmas. They provide new and supposedly better opportunities, but - because of their newness - they are often more uncertain and potentially worse than existing options. Recent inventions and discoveries include new drugs, new energy sources, new foods, new manufacturing technologies, new toys and new pedagogical methods, new weapon systems, new home appliances and many other discoveries and inventions. Is it better to use or not to use a new and promising but unfamiliar and hence uncertain innovation? That dilemma faces just about everybody. The paradigm of the innovation dilemma characterizes many situations, even when a new technology is not actually involved. The dilemma arises from new attitudes, like individual responsibility for the global environment, or new social conceptions, like global allegiance and self-identity transcending nation-states. These dilemmas have far-reaching implications for individuals, organizations, and society at large as they make decisions in the age of innovation. The uncritical belief in outcome-optimization - "more is better, so most is best" - pervades decision-making in all domains, but is often irresponsible when facing the uncertainties of innovation. There is a great need for practical conceptual tools for understanding and managing the dilemmas of innovation."--Publisher's description
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
Notes Online resource; title from PDF title page (EBSCO, viewed September 5, 2018)
Subject Technological innovations.
Decision making.
decision making.
SOCIAL SCIENCE / General.
Decision making
Dilemma
Technological innovations
Form Electronic book
ISBN 9780192555397
0192555391
9780191861246
0191861243