Beyond Calculation

The Next Fifty Years of Computing

By: Peter J. Denning, J. Burke (Foreword by), Robert M. Metcalfe

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Paperback | 1 October 1998

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In March 1997, the Association for Computing Machinery will celebrate the fiftieth anniversary of the electronic computer. To understand what an extraordinary fifty years the computer has had, you need only look around you--probably no farther than your desk. Computers are everywhere: in our cars, our homes, our supermarkets, at the phone company office, and at your local hospital. But as the contributors to this volume make clear, the scientific, social and economic impact of computers is only beginning to be felt. These sixteen invited essays on the future of computing take on a dazzling variety of topics, with opinions from such experts as Gordon Bell, Sherry Turkle, Edsger W. Dijkstra, Paul Abraham, Donald Norman, Franz Alt, and David Gelernter. This brilliantly eclectic collection, commissioned to celebrate a major milestone in an ongoing technological revolution, will fascinate anybody with an interest in computers and where they're taking us.

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Non-Fiction Society & Culture Social Issues & Processes Social Forecasting Computing & I.T.Information Technology General Issue Ethical & Social Aspects of IT Computer Science Graphical & Digital Media Applications

Foreword
Preface
Acknowledgments
The Coming Revolution	p. 1
The Revolution Yet to Happen	p. 5
When They're Everywhere	p. 33
Beyond Limits	p. 43
The Tide, Not the Waves	p. 59
How to Think About Trends	p. 65
The Coming Age of Calm Technology	p. 75
Computers and Human Identity	p. 87
Growing Up in the Culture of Simulation	p. 93
Why It's Good That Computers Don't Work Like the Brain	p. 105
The Logic of Dreams	p. 117
End-Running Human Intelligence	p. 127
A World Without Work	p. 135
The Design of Interaction	p. 149
Business and Innovation	p. 163
The Stumbling Titan	p. 169
The Leaders of the Future	p. 175
Information Warfare	p. 193
Virtual Feudalism	p. 213
Sharing Our Planet	p. 233
There and Not There	p. 245
The Dynamics of Innovation	p. 259
How We Will Learn	p. 267
Contributors	p. 287
Glossary	p. 301
Index	p. 307
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