The primary thesis here is the authors' belief that the emergence of computers as an elemental force in our society must be viewed with a sceptical eye. Crandall and Levich, one a mathematician, the other a philosopher, strive, however, to present a balanced viewpoint, investigating and reflecting on the good and bad sides of this revolution, and seek meaning in this "Information Age". Their examination is stripped of journalistic hyperbole, the cries of self-serving prophets, and the sales pitches of the soft- and hardware industries. In separating the wheat from the chaff, the authors provide readers with a much better understanding of the limitations of these new technologies, along with propositions for their better use and within the societal context.
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Richard Crandall is currently the Chief Cryptographer of Apple Computer, Inc. In 1991 he received the national Computerworld-Smithsonian Award for achievement in the Science category. Crandall is the holder of several U.S. patents, including the Fast Elliptic Encryption (FEE) patent which has achieved wide usage in the cryptography field.
Marvin Levich is Professor of Philosophy at Reed College. He was named in the annual E. Harriss Harbison awards by the Danforth Foundation as one of the ten best scholar-teachers in the nation. Author of Aesthetics and the Philosophy of Criticism and numerous papers, including the first paper to arise from the liberal arts sector that was authored on a personal Macintosh computer, Levich has been influential in the design of academic software and in pioneering scholarly uses of the Internet.
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