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A quote fromHerb Simon
From: Dave Farber <dave () farber net>
Date: Wed, 14 May 2003 21:25:07 -0400
A particularly appropriate quote by Herb Simon, poined out to me by Mary Shaw. Herb was a true pioneer, a Nobel Prize winner and professor at CMU. I was honored to have known him while I was at RAND and he was doing the pioneering work with Newell and Shaw. Dave "We must look ahead at today's radical changes in technology, not just as forecasters but as actors charged with designing and bringing about a sustainable and acceptable world. New knowledge gives us power for change: for good or ill, for knowledge is neutral. The problems we face go well beyond technology: problems of linving in harmony with nature, and most important, living in harmony with each other. Information technology, so closely tied to the properties of the human mind, can give us, if we ask the right questions, the special insights we need to advance these goals." Herb Simon ------------------------------------- You are subscribed as interesting-people () lists elistx com To manage your subscription, go to http://v2.listbox.com/member/?listname=ip Archives at: http://www.interesting-people.org/archives/interesting-people/
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