Prophets of inevitability

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Fatalism should not determine what technological innovations should take place in the future. Self-fulfilling prophecies made by futurists would not have the veneer and aura of inevitability if everyone thinks otherwise. Futurists have their own interests on their minds when predicting the future since they can collect huge lecture fees and book contracts. The public should not deceive itself that it can derive any comfort in believing that the future has already been preconceived.

Evaluation, Technological innovations, Fate and fatalism, Fate

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Computers and hope in an urban Ark

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The Ark is a Troy, NY, arts and literacy center offering after-school homework assistance and music, reading, pottery and painting programs. The center, which was established by former teachers Mary Theresa Streck and Jay Murnane, conducted a successful program in 1995 to teach inner-city children the benefits of digital technology. The children developed a Web site containing their drawings, photos, poems and biographies.

Individual and family services, Other Individual and Family Services, Neighborhood Social Centers, Social policy, Web sites (World Wide Web), Web sites, Study and teaching, Poor children, Community centers

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Look out for the Luddite label

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Luddites are philosophers coined from the name of the mythical British protester, Ned Ludd, who are skeptical about the benefits the advancement of technology entails. These technology gadflies believe in the superiority of simple, conventional tools over modern, complicated ones, favor traditional, organic farming over chemically-treated method, focus more on local rather than global production and trade.

Criticism and interpretation, Technology and civilization, Technology and society

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