COMPUTERS AND OUR FUTURE

Abstract

The following questions are discussed: What will be the impact of computing machines on our society 10, 20, 40 years from now; How will the expanding use of computers change the structure of society and our individual lives; What can be done to analyze and extrapolate into the future so as to predict the future impact of computing machines; What can be done toward evaluating the social and moral implications wrought by the computer; What actions might be taken to modify and alter some of the possible consequences.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Dec 01, 1966
Accession Number
AD0644960

Entities

People

  • M. E. Maron

Organizations

  • RAND Corporation

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Biomedical

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Accuracy
  • Commerce
  • Computers
  • Cost Reductions
  • Costs
  • Data Processing
  • Education
  • Engineering
  • Governments
  • Industrial Production
  • Information Processing
  • Local Governments
  • Records Management
  • Small Business
  • Societies
  • Software Development
  • Training

Readers

  • Military History of the United States in the 20th Century.
  • Systems Analysis and Design