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Book Reviews experienced reader. It concerns "Human Beings and Their Machines" from the philosophical and sociological standpoint. A cryptic quotation follows: "Nothing in our society educates human beings to live; at best they are being trained to make a living. And at present they are being trained to make a living by performing tasks for which there will no longer be any need when they leave school." In this chapter are raised enough problems to keep the economists, sociologists and psychologists busy for the next decade on work of far more significance than subjecting pigeons or rats to the intricacies of complicated mazes. This chapter alone is worth the price of the book for the layman who is really concerned with our economic and sociological welfare. The philologists and semanticists will appreciate that nothing like computer technology imposes the requirement of definite meaning to language, expression, and logical deduction. The book concludes with nine pages of bibliographic references.
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