From the editors of the wildly successful <b>Beyond Calculation</b> <b>comes another exploration of the overwhelming impact of </b> <b>computers on our future. This time, the essays focus on the </b> <b>human impact of computer technology and culture: how </b> <b>computers will affect the ways we teach, learn, communicate,</b> <b>relate to each other, and live in the coming decades. The </b> <b>contributors, representing the best of many fields, include </b> <b>Secretary of Defense William Perry on how computers will </b> <b>affect warfare; Brian Ferrin on technology and storytelling;</b> <b>Patti Maes on intelligent agents; Nobel Laureate Murray </b> <b>Gell-Mann on the quality of information; Eliot Soloway on </b> <b>the impact of computers on education; and many more. Like </b> Beyond Calculation<b>, praised by the New York Times for its </b> "astonishing intellectual reach," this sequel engages readers with some of the most compelling and important issues of our time.