Technological slowdown or societal speedup - The price of system complexity?

Technological Forecasting and Social Change

Volumn 51, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 195-205

  Linstone, Harold A ^a  

^a PORTLAND STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 0009837845     PISSN: 00401625     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0040-1625(95)00253-7     Document Type: Note

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