The Purpose Of Computers Is Human Freedom.

How Is Ms-dos Like Msg? Both Raise Your Blood Pressure And Give You A Tightening Sensation Around Your Forehead.

You Can And Must Understand Computers Now.

Everybody Has Only A 24-hour Day. Most People, If They Increase Consumption Of One Medium (like Magazines Or Books) Will Cut Down On Another (like Tv). This Drastically Reduces The Sort Of Growth Some People Have Been Expecting.

I See Professionalism As A Spreading Disease Of The Present-day World, A Sort Of Poly-oligarchy By Which Various Groups (subway Conductors, Social Workers, Bricklayers) Can Bring Things To A Halt If Their Particular Demands Are Not Met. (meanwhile, The Irrelevance Of Each Profession Increases, In Proportion To Its Increasing Rigidity.) Such Lucky Groups Demand More In Each Go-round - But Meantime, The Number Who Are Permanently Unemployed Grows And Grows.

The Point Is That These Decisions They've Made Are Partly For Your Convenience And Partly For Theirs And Partly Out Of Stereotypes That They Carry With Them From The Conventions Of The Computer Field.