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Social ideas like freedom seem far removed from computer code, but today computing is social. That technology designers aren't ready, have no precedent, or don't understand social needs is irrelevant. Like a baby being born,... more
Social ideas like freedom seem far removed from computer code, but today computing is social. That technology designers aren't ready, have no precedent, or don't understand social needs is irrelevant. Like a baby being born, online society is pushing forward, ready ...
The beast of computing has regularly defied pundit predictions. Key advances like the cell-phone (Smith, Kulatilaka & Venkatramen, 2002) and open-source development (Campbell-Kelly, 2008) weren't predicted by the experts of the day,... more
The beast of computing has regularly defied pundit predictions. Key advances like the cell-phone (Smith, Kulatilaka & Venkatramen, 2002) and open-source development (Campbell-Kelly, 2008) weren't predicted by the experts of the day, though the signs were there for all ...