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Author Talbott, Steve.

Title The future does not compute : transcending the machines in our midst / Stephen L. Talbott.

Imprint Sebastopol, CA : O'Reilly & Associates, ©1995.

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 University of Saint Joseph: Pope Pius XII Library - Standard Shelving Location  303.4834 T142T    Check Shelf
Edition 1st ed.
Description xix, 481 pages ; 24 cm
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 449-455) and index.
Summary "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."--Jacket.
Contents Can human ideals survive the Internet? -- Machine in the ghost -- Future does not compute -- Settlers in cyberspace -- On being responsible for earth -- Networks and communities -- At the fringe of freedom -- Things that run by themselves -- Do we really want a global village? -- Thoughts on a group support system -- In summary -- Net-based learning communities -- Impressing the science out of children -- Children of the machine -- Dancing with my computer -- Tyranny of the detached word -- Great information hunt -- And the word become mechanical -- Listening for the silence -- Awaking from the primordial dream -- Mona Lisa's smile -- Seeing the perspective -- Can we transcend computation? -- Electronic mysticism -- What this book was about -- Owen Barfield: the evolution of consciousness -- From virtual to real -- Education without computers.
Subject Barfield, Owen, 1898-1997.
Computers and civilization.
Computers -- Social aspects.
Computers -- Psychological aspects.
Internet -- Social aspects.
Barfield, Owen, 1898-1997 (OCoLC)fst00040983
Computers and civilization. (OCoLC)fst00872888
Computers -- Psychological aspects. (OCoLC)fst00872843
Computers -- Social aspects. (OCoLC)fst00872861
Internet -- Social aspects. (OCoLC)fst01766793
Added Author Barfield, Owen, 1898-1997, former owner. IlWtMWC
Other Form: Online version: Talbott, Steve. Future does not compute. 1st ed. Sebastopol, CA : O'Reilly & Associates, ©1995 (OCoLC)604369344
ISBN 1565920856
9781565920859
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