Future Hype: The Myths of Technology Change

This fascinating look at innovations past and present—and our sometimes mistaken beliefs about them—"puts technological change into historical perspective" (Henry Petroski, author of The Evolution of Useful Things).

Everyone knows that today's rate of technological change is unprecedented. With breakthroughs from the Internet to cell phones to digital music and pictures, everyone knows that the social impact of technology has never been as profound or overwhelming. But how much is truth a...