The future does not compute
Subtitle: transcending the machines in our midst
By: Stephen L. Talbott.
Edition: 1st ed.
Publisher: O'Reilly & Associates
Published: 1995
Place of publication: Sebastopol, CA
Language: eng
Number of pages: 481
Subjects: Barfield, Owen, 1898-; Computers and civilization; Computers -- Social aspects; Computers -- Psychological aspects; Internet -- Social aspects
Description: Many pundits tell you that the computer is ushering us toward a new Golden Age of Information. A few tell you that the computer is destroying everything worthwhile in our culture. But almost no one tells you what Stephen L. Talbott shows in this surprising book: the intelligent machine gathers its menacing powers from hidden places within you and me.

It does so, that is, as long as we gaze into our screens and tap on our keyboards while less than fully conscious of the subtle influences passing through the interface. After reading The Future Does Not Compute, you will never again be able to sit in front of your computer with quite the same glazed stare.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 449-455) and index.