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Humans tend to admire progress, going full-steam toward technical knowledge and improvements without really thinking too much about the social consequences and problems. And we tend to treat some technologies as toys--we love having them and think we need the very latest computers, but how many companies and organizations are using their computers effectively? According to the preface, $300 billion a year is spent on computer technology but it is doubtful that even 300 researchers worldwide are taking a hard look at the social and economic impact. This book insists that we stop for a moment and really look at what we're doing.
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Humans tend to admire progress, going full-steam toward technical knowledge and improvements without really thinking too much about the social consequences and problems. And we tend to treat some technologies as toys--we love having them and think we need the very latest computers, but how many companies and organizations are using their computers effectively? According to the preface, $300 billion a year is spent on computer technology but it is doubtful that even 300 researchers worldwide are taking a hard look at the social and economic impact. This book insists that we stop for a moment and really look at what we're doing.
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Computerrs in the Human Context. Informnation technology, productivity and people
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Basil Blackwell, Oxford, 1989
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ISBN 13: 9780631166979
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