Computers and Society
Computers and Society | Software as Career Threat
Douglas Flint, 35-year-old owner of Tune-Up Technology in Alexandria, Va., used to make a decent living doing car engine tuneups. Now he gets by. Today’s cars don’t need tuneups because computerized controls don’t wear out. “At the shop level, engine rebuilding is also becoming a dead art,” sighs Flint. His mechanics, once well-paid specialists, now survive on general repair work and lowpaying routine jobs like oil changes. Many of Flint’s competitors have failed.
Computer Software Can Replace the Knowledge Worker
As the auto mechanic has gone, so will go...
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- Introduction
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Chapter 1: How Will Computers Transform Society?
- Computers and Society: An Overview
- Computers Will Significantly Transform Society
- Personal Computers Will Transform the Home
- Computers Will Not Significantly Transform Society
- Future Societal Transformations Cannot Be Predicted
- Computers Will Create Unemployment
- Software as Career Threat
- Computers Do Not Create Unemployment
- Computer Technology Reduces Worker Productivity
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Chapter 2: How Will Computer Technology Affect the Right to Privacy?
- Chapter 2 Preface
- Computer Technology Violates People’s Right to Privacy
- Computer Technology Can Reveal People’s Personal Information
- Computer Technology Will Eliminate Privacy
- Computer Crimes Will Increasingly Invade People’s Privacy
- Strong Encryption Is Needed to Protect Privacy
- Computer Technology Will Not Necessarily Jeopardize Privacy
- Chapter 3: Should Computer Content Be Censored?
- Chapter 4: Should Universal Access to Computer Technology Be Guaranteed?
- Chapter 5: Will Computers Transform Education?
- Organizations to Contact
- Bibliography
- Copyright
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