Computers are tools, not the end · Proposed air date:
A listener asks whether computers might become so reliable that Dr. Dave would no longer have repair work. Dr. Dave answers that technology changes but argues that people often stop treating computers as tools for an outcome and turn them into status symbols, diversions or ends in themselves, ensuring that new problems and new kinds of work continue to appear.
This excerpt runs from 6:24.674 to 9:44.318 within its preserved source recording.
Proposed recording date: 2006-06-17. The exact broadcast date may differ.
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