the rules of 21 st century computer
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The most profound technologies are those that disappear. They weave themselves into the fabric of everyday life
until they are indistinguishable from it. Consider writing, perhaps the first information technology: The ability to capture a symbolic representation of
spoken language for long-term storage freed information from the limits of individual memory. Today this
technology is ubiquitous in industrialized countries. Not only do books, magazines and newspapers convey
written information, but so do street signs, billboards, shop signs and even graffiti. Candy wrappers are covered
in writing. The constant background presence of these products of "literacy technology" does not require active
attention, but the information to be conveyed is ready for use at a glance. It is difficult to imagine modern life
otherwise. Silicon-based information technology, in contrast, is far from having become part of the environment. More than
50 million personal computers have been sold, and nonetheless the computer remains largely in a world of its
own. It is approachable only through complex jargon that has nothing to do with the tasks for which which
people actually use computers. The state of the art is perhaps analogous to the period when scribes had to know
as much about making ink or baking clay as they did about writing.
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