Talking Back to the Machine: Computers and Human Aspiration

From the editors of the wildly successful Beyond Calculationcomes another exploration of the overwhelming impact ofcomputers on our future. This time, the essays focus on thehuman impact of computer technology and culture: howcomputers will affect the ways we teach, learn, communicate,relate to each other, and live in the coming decades. Thecontributors, representing the best of many fields, includeSecretary of Defense William Perry on how computers willaffect warfare; Brian Ferrin on technology and storytelling;Patti Maes on intelligent agents; Nobel Laureate MurrayGell-Mann on the quality of information; Eliot Soloway onthe impact of computers on education; and many more. Like Beyond Calculation, praised by the New York Times for its "astonishing intellectual reach," this sequel engages readers with some of the most compelling and important issues of our time.