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Education and the Ultimate Machine
Author(s) -
Voelker Bill
Publication year - 1984
Publication title -
british journal of educational technology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.79
H-Index - 95
eISSN - 1467-8535
pISSN - 0007-1013
DOI - 10.1111/j.1467-8535.1984.tb00472.x
Subject(s) - plan (archaeology) , shoulders , work (physics) , computer science , engineering ethics , public relations , psychology , knowledge management , political science , engineering , surgery , archaeology , medicine , mechanical engineering , history
The computer, still less than 40 years old, is shaping radical changes in the manner in which we work and play, think and feel, plan and manage. As the ultimate machine (much as the brain is the ultimate, irreplaceable organ) it is laden with emotional implications. And reasonably so, for our success in attempting to integrate it humanely into society will determine the future course of human conflict and development. There is no turning back. And upon the shoulders of educators will fall a major share of the responsibility for directing this inevitable computer‐induced change.