> He cared about whether quantitative decision making contributed to hopelessness, despair and extreme anti-social behavior. Makes one wonder, how tall the gia

> He cared about whether quantitative decision making contributed to hopelessness, despair and extreme anti-social behavior. Makes one wonder, how tall the giants on whose shoulders we rest, really are. I mean, callous and anti-social behaviour existed before computers came about. Computers are a force multiplier for almost everything at which they are applied. Page 11: "It may be appropriate that our profession, not normally given to introspection, start to examine its own role to better appreciate the contribution we might make. I believe those who understand future technology have an obligation to act at least as an early warning system to the rest of society." Indeed, it seems those 'future technology' wizards need to constantly remind themselves of such duties... and the delicate quandary is that what is old, becomes new again meanwhile.