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The Unfinished Revolution: How to Make Technology Work for Us--Instead of the Other Way Around

Michael L. Dertouzos

3.6/5 ( ratings)

In a world spiralling into a state of technological excess, Michael Dertouzos shows us how to make technology—in all its infinite varieties—work for, rather than against, us in our everday business lives. Now includes a new foreword by Tim Berners-Lee, inventor of the World Wide Web.

At its core, Dertouzos' manifesto is this: Simplify the use of technology to the point where it works FOR us rather than having it dictate the way we live and work. This book is about getting to the point where computer fads give way to a true Information Revolution. To get there, we must abandon our current preoccupation with machine complexities and set a goal that is as simple as it is powerful: Information technology should help people do more by doing less.

Dertouzos offers a look at the future and place of technology in everyday life: Where would a world of truly easy to use technology lead the human race? How might people change their way of life and work, their politics, their self perception and their quest for the meaning of life in such an environment?

Language: English

Pages: 240

Format: Paperback

Publisher: Harper Paperbacks

Release: October 08, 2002

ISBN: 0066620686

ISBN 13: 9780066620688

The Unfinished Revolution: How to Make Technology Work for Us--Instead of the Other Way Around

Michael L. Dertouzos

3.6/5 ( ratings)

In a world spiralling into a state of technological excess, Michael Dertouzos shows us how to make technology—in all its infinite varieties—work for, rather than against, us in our everday business lives. Now includes a new foreword by Tim Berners-Lee, inventor of the World Wide Web.

At its core, Dertouzos' manifesto is this: Simplify the use of technology to the point where it works FOR us rather than having it dictate the way we live and work. This book is about getting to the point where computer fads give way to a true Information Revolution. To get there, we must abandon our current preoccupation with machine complexities and set a goal that is as simple as it is powerful: Information technology should help people do more by doing less.

Dertouzos offers a look at the future and place of technology in everyday life: Where would a world of truly easy to use technology lead the human race? How might people change their way of life and work, their politics, their self perception and their quest for the meaning of life in such an environment?

Language: English

Pages: 240

Format: Paperback

Publisher: Harper Paperbacks

Release: October 08, 2002

ISBN: 0066620686

ISBN 13: 9780066620688

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