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The Future Does Not Compute

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The Future Does Not Compute
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Publisher: O'Reilly & Associates, Inc.
ISBN/ASIN: 1565920856
ISBN-13: 9781565920859
Number of pages: 500

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This book has been widely touted as a neo-Luddite anti-computer tract. The author brings years of computer and Internet experience to the table, leavened by a deep skepticism of techno-idealism, disdain of muddy thinking, and fear that we have embraced an overwhelming force before we've begun to examine its implications.

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