The old image of the computer as the Great Dehumanizer is starting to fade. ...the "computer bum," or the "compulsive programmer." ..."computer addicts." ..."computer jocks," or "hackers." They may find it easier to relate to a machine, which is completely predictable... Why are we getting so close to these machines? ...indicators of a greater social trend. ...putting machines...before the needs of other people. "They're very sexy, almost too fascinating." Right now, moving through our elementary and high schools, there are children who could be called the computer generation. They will...regard abstract concepts...above the world of the concrete.
Cosmic Counselor, by R. Bitto
Seated in a geodesic lunar courtroom... Space law, he points out, traces its roots to...the Roman Empire. ...settling a corporate dispute over molybdenum mining in the Sea of Tranquility. By the year 2020, "a significant fraction of humanity's gross world product will be derived from space-based activities." Transportation to Earth orbit will be routine and inexpensive by then...and solar-sail spacecraft will routinely traverse the inner solar system.
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