COMPUTER WIZARDRY where is it leading us? - Donald D Schroeder - March 1982

Donald D Schroeder

It is time we understood the kind of age we live in! More and more, nations are becoming dependent on computers and microcircuitry. And in that dependence resides frightening vulnerability and, potentially, enormous social problems. Without computers-and the microchip, left, highly magnified-the banking system of modern nations would already have broken down under a blizzard of billions of checks and financial transactions. Jumbo jets could not fly smoothly in the air without computers. Nor could you reliably reserve a seat on one. Computers are used to navigate ships, military spacecraft and missiles. They are utilized to design and cut out complex swaths of metal and fabrics in industry, speeding up production while reducing wastage. - Information Supplied By: Herbert W Armstrong Library