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From: barnett@ut-sally.UUCP (Lewis Barnett)
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Subject: Re: Technology, Literature, Scientists, and Engineers
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Date: Sat, 1-Jun-85 12:28:30 EDT
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>   Now, I have a question for everybody:
>   If you were designing a course, for technological people,
>covering different views of technology and its impact
>on society;  which books, stories, or music
>etc would you include?
> 

My recommendation is _The God That Limps: Science and Technology
in the Eighties_ by Colin Norman.  (publisher - Norton)  The
title refers to Hephaestus, the Greek god of fire and metalworking.
Though an important member of the pantheon, he was crippled.
The book debunks a great many popular ideas about the proper
application of technology to problems the world faces these days.
I think this book is out in paperback, and I'd advise any person
involved in technology-oriented activities to read it.


Lewis Barnett,CS Dept, Painter Hall 3.28, Univ. of Texas, Austin, TX 78712

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