Jena Pincott - Technomanifestos - Introduction

Technomanifestos
[coauthored under pen name Adam Brate]

The Information Revolution is changing our world -- but is it a change for the better? Will advances in computer technology strengthen democratic values or destroy them? Enhance personal freedom or enslave us? Solve the world's problems or create new ones?

Frontier

The Circle of Feedback: Norbert Wiener
As We Should Think: Vannevar Bush
Digital Brains: Alan Turing & John von Neumann

Revolution

Over the Intergalactic Network: J.C.R. Licklider
Of Mice and Men: Douglas Engelbart
Agents of Change Seymour Papert & Marvin Minsky
The Message in the Medium: Alan C. Kay

Power

Mediation for the Hell of It Marshall McLuhan & Abbie Hoffman
Everything is Deeply Intertwingled: Ted Nelson & Tim Berners-Lee
Sharing the Source: Richard M. Stallman & Larry Wall
Law and Revolution: Eric S. Raymond & Lawrence Lessig

Symbiosis

Information is Everything: K. Eric Drexler
The Circle of Empathy: Jaron Lanier, Bill Joy