The wired society

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1. jaysonelliotJun 2013
   This is terrible, sad news. "The Wired Society" is a milestone in technology writing—James Martin predicted today's world with eerie prescience, all the way back in the 1970s. I read that book as a child, and I still go back to it and marvel at how right he was.

   Rest in peace, Dr. Martin. You made a dent in the world.

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2. totetsuSep 2020

     As technology grows in power, its ability either to disrupt or to heal increases. We can destroy the planet more easily than we can heal the harm we have done so far. To heal, we have to move to new technologies, new social patterns, new types of consumer products, new ways of generating and spending wealth. Such changes will inevitably occur, whether they are brought by healing forethought or mindless destruction. The future will not be a repetition of the past.
   
   

   James Martin (1978) The wired society. p. 3
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3. MediaBehaviorJan 2011
   Thanks. Guess he's offered a mixed bag, judging from that.

   For his 1977 (!) "The wired society: A challenge for tomorrow ( http://www.amazon.com/Wired-Society-challenge-tomorrow/dp/01... ) he was nominated for a Pulitzer.

   Serial found of consultancy firms - and one bought by TI. And then wikip says,

   "According to Computerworld’s 25th anniversary issue, he was ranked fourth among the 25 individuals who have most influenced the world of computer science."

   But I'm outside of the inside-joke: why he gets no love from Edsger W. Dijkstra in the OP.

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