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From: mms1646@acf4.UUCP (Michael M. Sykora)
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Subject: Re: Technology, Literature, Scientists, and Engineers
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Date: Fri, 31-May-85 02:31:00 EDT
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>	The Second Self, Sherry Turkle
>		how computers change individuals, from little kids
>		who become more self-confident, to the stereotyped
>		mit/berkeley/stanford hacker

Computers don't change individuals.  In the absence of computers, these
hackers would likely find something else to lose themselves in.

I think it's important to remember that computers as tools give us
new options, but they don't force us into anything.  All that is
required is the self discipline to know when it's time to walk
away from the keyboard.

						Mike Sykora