compared with the exytrordianry 50s vision of meuman-einstein-tuting, and its relay through JFKennedy's sixties (moon race, peace coprs, interhemisphere interdependce0 mena round nixon were extrordinary short-term - see the economist surveys of usa from 1969 at normanmacrae.net
it was left to an independent thinker like peter drucker (By now with a univeristy claremont designed to celebrate his innovation drives) to keep the future open to which other future historians soon joined eg alvin toffler, naisbiitts, as well as system transfrration modellers gfford pinchot, and all this before 1984 when person nl computers and their networks sent us all digital
here is drucker... can you imagine being a student where this was the required text?
In his 1969 book The Age of Discontinuity, Drucker writes:
"The computer and the brain are the two most important tools of the post-industrial society. The computer is the tool for processing information. The brain is the tool for creating knowledge."
He goes on to say that "the computer and the brain are complementary, not competitive." He argues that the computer can help us to process information more efficiently, but that the brain is still essential for creating knowledge.
In his 1971 book Technology, Management and Society, Drucker writes:
"The work of John von Neumann and Albert Einstein has given us a new understanding of the nature of reality. We now know that the universe is not a machine, but a system of information. This has profound implications for the way we think about management."
He goes on to say that "the new understanding of reality has led to the development of new tools, such as the computer, that can help us to manage information more effectively." He argues that these new tools can help us to make better decisions and to improve the performance of organizations.
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