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In article <3037@osu-eddie.UUCP> tanner@osu-eddie.UUCP (Mike Tanner) writes:
>  ....
>He also seems to be too much in love with computers.  Those of us who
>know something about them may tend to down-play their importance.  But
>people who know a little bit tend to attach too much importance to
>them.  

I think we, as computer professionals, are far too close to the trees to
see the forest.  And those of us who use the computer for public
communication like USENET often don't realize just how unique it is
as a social phenomenon.

Assuming a computer-literate society and completely reasonable
extensions of resources and technology, this sort of communication has a
potential for social impact far exceeding that of the telephone.  But it
will be a few generations before we know just where the computer
communication revolution will lead no matter what technical progress is
made; I don't think we realize just how very young computer technology
is in social terms!

		-Ed Hall
		decvax!randvax!edhall