computers and civilization

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computers and civilization

Silicon snake oil

second thoughts on the information highway
1995
Discusses where the Internet is leading us and what the information highway really was, is, could, and should be.

Grown up digital

how the Net Generation is changing your world
2009

Trapped in the net

the unanticipated consequences of computerization
1997
Explores the effects of computerization in a variety of fields on people's business, social, and personal lives, arguing that it limits choices, modes of control, and experiences with the real world.

The big switch

rewiring the world, from Edison to Google
2008
Explores how the latest advances in computer technology have influenced business, society, and culture around the world and speculates on how those changes will continue to impact life in the future.

High-tech heretic

reflections of a computer contrarian
2000
Studies how computers are taking over the world and explains why the author believes computers should not be used in schools.

When things start to think

1999
Explains why people have begun to rely on machines instead of other people and discusses how this has affected society, how people can learn to depend on the physical world instead of the digital world, and other related topics.

Descartes' dream

the world according to mathematics
1986
Discusses the impact that mathematics and computers have on our intellectual and emotional lives.

The personal computer

2004
Discusses how the development of the personal computer has influenced technology and society and examines both its personal and commercial use and how it has revolutionized the ways people communicate, shop, and retrieve information.

Descartes' dream

the world according to mathematics
1987

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