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See also his book "Computer Power and Human Reason." Quote: "The computer has thus begun to be an instrument for the destruction of history. For when socie
by davidtotoole 12y ago
See also his book "Computer Power and Human Reason."
Quote:
"The computer has thus begun to be an instrument for the
destruction of history. For when society legitimates only
those 'data' that ... 'can easily be told to the machine',
then history, memory itself, is annihiliated... Soon a
supersystem will be built, based on the New York Times' data
bank.. from which 'historians' will make inferences about
what 'really' happened, about who is connected to
whom, and about the 'real' logic of events."
That was in 1976.