From Technology-Driven Society to Socially Oriented Technology: The Future of Information Society—Alternatives to Surveillance

摘要

Our society is changing. Almost nothing these days works without a computerchip. Computing power doubles every 18 months, and in ten years it willprobably exceed the capabilities of a human brain. Computers performapproximately 70 percent of all financial transactions today and IBM's Watsonnow seems to give better customer advise than some human telephone hotlines.What does this imply for our future society?