No Safety in Numbers How the Computer Quantified Everything and Made People Risk-Aversive |
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| Author:
| Perkinson, Henry |
| Editor:
| Strate, Lance |
| Series title: | Communication Ser. |
| ISBN: | 978-1-57273-063-2 |
| Publication Date: | Aug 1996 |
| Publisher: | Hampton Press, Incorporated
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| Book Format: | Paperback |
| List Price: | USD $21.95 |
Book Description:
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This work addresses the social and cultural aspects of computing. Its perspective is that computers encode the world mathematically and statistically, and that this knowledge has resulted in an increased awareness of risks in all sectors of social life, making people avoid risk.
This work addresses the social and cultural aspects of computing. Its perspective is that computers encode the world mathematically and statistically, and that this knowledge has resulted in an increased awareness of risks in all sectors of social life, making people avoid risk.