allenm@ittvax.UUCP (Allen Matsumoto) (12/14/84)
I just read an interesting quote in the "Whole Earth Review" (which used to be the "CoEvolution Quarterly"). The issue (No. 44, Jan, 1985) has a large collection of articles on "Computers as Poison." Basically its a skeptical look at the effects of computers on people/society. In the article "Six Grave Doubts about Computers," Jerry Mander quotes one Marian Kester writing in the Toronto Globe and Mail. I don't have the original, but his quote of her is: If children are separated from their parents by TV, from playmates by video games, and from teachers by teaching machines, where are they supposed to learn to be human? I guess learning to survive in the computer age is different from learning to survive in human society (He-Man society is different, of course). Also, he says video games are good training for fast hand-eye coordination, but what is that good for? Computers speed up people. I, for one, don't want to speed up my kids. I guess I'll take them on a vacation with the money I've been saving for a home computer. Allen -- Allen Matsumoto ITT Adv. Tech. Center, Stratford, CT 06497 203-385-7218 (decvax!ittvax!allenm)