40. Mythinformation by Langdon Winner, 1986
Winner’s essay is focused upon the “computer revolution” and what it is expected to result in. He immediately questions the social goals and construction of the revolution. Winner believes that there are four myths surrounding the computer revolution. “(1) people are bereft of information; (2) information is knowledge; (3) knowledge is power; and (4) increasing access to information enhances democracy and equalizes social power.” Several thinkers who would agree with Winner’s argument are Engelbart and Nelson. Winner’s basic claim is that the hoped-for future would not come about on its own. I thought that the myths Winner illuminated were interesting and I would never have realized that they were myths.
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