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Living with Computers - The Digital World of Today and Tomorrow (Paperback, 1st ed. 2020)
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Living with Computers - The Digital World of Today and Tomorrow (Paperback, 1st ed. 2020)
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The computing technology on which we are now so dependent has risen
to its position of ascendency so rapidly that few of us have had
the opportunity to take a step back and wonder where we are headed.
This book urges us to do so. Taking a big-picture perspective on
digital technology, Living with Computers leads the reader on a
whistle-stop tour of the history of information and information
technology. This journey culminates in a deep exploration into the
meaning and role of computers in our lives, and what this
experience might possibly mean for the future of human society -
and the very existence of humanity itself. In the face of the
transformative power of computing, this book provokes us to ask big
questions. If computers become integrated into our bodies, merging
with the information processing of our very DNA, will computing
help to shape the evolution of biological life? If artificial
intelligence advances beyond the abilities of the human brain, will
this overturn our anthropocentrism and lead to a new view of
reality? Will we control the computers of the future, or will they
control us? These questions can be discomforting, yet they cannot
be ignored. This book argues that it is time to reshape our
definition of our species in the context of our interaction with
computing. For although such science-fiction scenarios are not
likely to happen any time soon - and may, in fact, never happen -
it is nevertheless vital to consider these issues now if we wish to
have any influence over whatever is to come. So, humans, let's
confront our possible destiny! James W. Cortada is a Senior
Research Fellow at the Charles Babbage Institute at the University
of Minnesota. He holds a Ph.D. in modern history and worked at IBM
in various positions for 38 years, including in IBM's management
research institute, The IBM Institute for Business Value (IBV). He
is the author of over a dozen books on management, and nearly two
dozen books on the history of information technology. These include
the Springer title From Urban Legends to Political Fact-Checking:
Online Scrutiny in America, 1990-2015 (with William Aspray).
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