Technology and Society IEEE MAGAZINE A PUBLICATION OF THE IEEE SOCIETY ON SOCIAL IMPLICATIONS OF TECHNOLOGY VOLUME 32 | NUMBER 2 | SUMMER 2013 | http://ieeessit.org/technology_and_society/ DEPARTMENTS 4 EDITORIAL High-Tech Lust Katina Michael 7 BOOK REVIEWS When the Lights Went Out How the Hippies Saved Physics SPECIAL SECTION ON RISK, COMPLEXITY, AND SUSTAINABILITY Lindsay Robertson and Katina Michael 12 Special Section Introduction SPECIAL SECTION FEATURES 13 Technology, Techique, Interplay: Questioning Die Frage nach der Technik* Michael Eldred Considering a fatal ambiguity between technology and technique. 22 Technology as Risk* 32 Building Trust-Based Sustainable Networks* 39 The Human Information Appliance in Combat, Intelligence, and Diplomacy Space* Levent V. Orman Risks should be considered prior to introducing new technologies, rather than dealing with undesirable consequences only after they occur. Jin-Hee Cho and Kevin S. Chan Trust-based approaches enhance the sustainability of systems. R.E. Burnett It is time to pose the idea that ethics is meaningless and a waste of time, against the assertion that we should turn the task of science to the production of wisdom knowledge.http://www.ieeessit.org/technology_and_society/