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ENCYCLOPEDIA

OF WORLD PROBLEMS

AND HUMAN POTENTIAL

  2. World problems
  3. Excessive computer control of social processes

Excessive computer control of social processes

Broader

Dependence on information technology
Excellent
Adverse consequences of scientific and technological progress
Yet to rate

Aggravated by

Excessive dependence on computer models of complex system behaviour
Presentable
Human incapacity to respond to computer-generated decisions
Unpresentable
Inflexible computer systems
Yet to rate
Demonic technology
Yet to rate

Reduces

Vulnerability of high technology systems
Presentable

Value

Unsociable
Yet to rate
Self-control
Yet to rate
Excess
Yet to rate

Reference

Warner, Julian: From Writing to Computers

Metadata

Database
World problems
Type
(G) Very specific problems
Biological classification
N/A
Subject
  • Society » Social
  • Informatics, classification » Informatics
  • Cybernetics » Control
    • Content quality
    Yet to rate
     Yet to rate
    Language
    English
    1A4N
    G5683
    DOCID
    11756830
    D7NID
    150476
    Last update
    Dec 3, 2024