Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. CONTENTS vii
3. ACKNOWLEDGMENTS xi
4. PREFACE xiii
5. IN DEFENSE OF THE NAKED MIND: Introduction to the Second Edition xvii
6. How Artificial Can Intelligence Be? xxi
7. Meanwhile, Back at the Carnival... xxv
8. The End of the War Machine ? xxvii
9. The Advent of the Money Machine xxix
10. Edutainment from Apple II to Metroid II xxxiv
11. The Ideal of the On-Line Commonwealth xxxix
12. And Finally... A Few Words for the Rest of Us xlii
13. Selected Bibliography xlvii
14. 1. "INFORMATION, PLEASE" 1
15. 2. THE DATA MERCHANTS 21
16. 3. THE HIDDEN CURRICULUM 47
17. 4. THE PROGRAM WITHIN THE PROGRAM: The Case of Logo 72
18. 5. OF IDEAS AND DATA 87
19. 6. COMPUTERS AND PURE REASON 108
20. 7. THE COMPUTER AND THE COUNTERCULTURE 135
21. 8. THE POLITICS OF INFORMATION 156
22. 9. BEN FRANKLIN'S INFORMATION SERVICE: Libraries, Literacy, and the Ecology of Mind 173
23. 10. IN THE WRONG HANDS 202
24. 11. DESCARTES'S ANGEL: Reflections on the True Art of Thinking 234
25. NOTES 245
26. INDEX 261
27. ABOUT THE AUTHOR 268