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“The life-efficiency and adaptability of the computer must be questioned. Its judicious use depends upon the availability of its human employers quite literally to keep their own heads, not merely to scrutinize the programming but to reserve for themselves the right of ultimate decision. No automatic system can be intelligently run byautomatonsor by people who dare not assert human intuition, human autonomy, human purpose.”

People Humans Use Running Purpose Decision Depends Computer Ultimate Dare Intuition Programming Reserves Efficiency Autonomy Employers Adaptability Availability Scrutinize

Author:Lewis Mumford

“We should treat computers as fancy telephones, whose purpose is to connect people.... As long as we remember that we ourselves are the source of our value, our creativity, our sense of reality, then all of our work with computers will be worthwhile and beautiful.”

People Should Long Reality Beautiful Remember Purpose Values Creativity Source Computer Treats Fancy Worthwhile Telephones

Author:Jaron Lanier

“Computers had their origin in military cryptography-in a sense, every computer game represents the commandeering of a military code-breaking apparatus for purposes of human expression.”

Inspirational Humans Motivational Purpose Games Military Expression Computer Code Computer Games Cryptography

Book:You

Source: You

“Pascal and C are special-purpose languages for manipulating the registers and memory of a von Neumann-style computer.”

Purpose Language Memories Special Style Computer Register Pascal Von Neumann

Book:Paradigms of Artificial Intelligence Programming: Case Studies in Common Lisp

Source: Paradigms of Artificial Intelligence Programming: Case Studies in Common Lisp

“It used to be the program's purpose to instruct our computers; it became the computer's purpose to execute our programs.”

Used Purpose Computer Program Used To Be

Book:A Discipline of Programming

Source: A Discipline of Programming

“Contemporary technology could be used to eliminate ownership and management of corporations. It could be used to provide - lets say Apple computers. In principle information technology could be used to provide direct information to the work force on the ground so that they could democratically decide what the company would do, eliminating the role of management. It could be used for that. People aren't developing technology for that purpose.”

“I am not the only person who uses his computer mainly for the purpose of diddling with his computer.”

Persons Use Purpose Literature Technology Computer

Author:Dave Barry

“Making duplicate copies and computer printouts of things no one wanted even one of in the first place is giving America a new sense of purpose.”

Giving Firsts Wanted America Purpose Literature Technology Computer Copies Firefighter Duplicate

Author:Andy Rooney