Making the World: An Introduction to the History of Technology

Harvard FAS

We exist in a world economy increasingly stitched together by complex technical systems. But as we race toward a future defined by automation and algorithmic decision-making, we are faced with questions that technology itself cannot answer: we know technology matters, but how? Is history driven by machines, or by the people who build them? How have societies in the past navigated the seismic social upheavals caused by new inventions? What might the future hold in store for us? In this…