9780306803208-0306803208-The Human Use Of Human Beings

The Human Use Of Human Beings

ISBN-13: 9780306803208
ISBN-10: 0306803208
Edition: New edition
Author: Norbert Wiener
Publication date: 1988
Publisher: Da Capo Press
Format: Paperback 199 pages
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ISBN-13: 9780306803208
ISBN-10: 0306803208
Edition: New edition
Author: Norbert Wiener
Publication date: 1988
Publisher: Da Capo Press
Format: Paperback 199 pages

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The Human Use Of Human Beings (ISBN-13: 9780306803208 and ISBN-10: 0306803208), written by authors Norbert Wiener, was published by Da Capo Press in 1988. With an overall rating of 3.9 stars, it's a notable title among other Business Technology (Cybernetics, Computer Science, Human-Computer Interaction, Social Sciences) books. You can easily purchase or rent The Human Use Of Human Beings (Paperback) from BooksRun, along with many other new and used Business Technology books and textbooks. And, if you're looking to sell your copy, our current buyback offer is $3.07.

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Only a few books stand as landmarks in social and scientific upheaval. Norbert Wiener's classic is one in that small company. Founder of the science of cybernetics—the study of the relationship between computers and the human nervous system—Wiener was widely misunderstood as one who advocated the automation of human life. As this book reveals, his vision was much more complex and interesting. He hoped that machines would release people from relentless and repetitive drudgery in order to achieve more creative pursuits. At the same time he realized the danger of dehumanizing and displacement. His book examines the implications of cybernetics for education, law, language, science, technology, as he anticipates the enormous impact—in effect, a third industrial revolution—that the computer has had on our lives.

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