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5. OF IDEAS AND DATA

© 1994 University of California Press, Berkeley

© 1994 University of California Press, Berkeley

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
The Cult of Information
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https://doi.org/10.1525/9780520914889-016

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
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