- Taschenbuch: 254 Seiten
- Verlag: Mcgraw-Hill Professional; Auflage: illustrated edition (1. April 2006)
- Sprache: Englisch
- ISBN-10: 1576753700
- ISBN-13: 978-1576753705
- Größe und/oder Gewicht: 23 x 15,4 x 1,9 cm
- Amazon Bestseller-Rang: Nr. 457.278 in Englische Bücher (Siehe Top 100 in Englische Bücher)
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The general public has come to accept that technology is the greatest new growth frontier with an infinite amount of potential coupled with an ever-growing number of faster, more efficient, and more reliable products and instruments. Conventional thinking states that never before has such a golden era existed in which technology thrived and blossomed so fully.
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The general public has come to accept that technology is the greatest new growth frontier with an infinite amount of potential coupled with an ever-growing number of faster, more efficient, and more reliable products and instruments. Conventional thinking states that never before has such a golden era existed in which technology thrived and blossomed so fully.
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Escape the madness!
8. September 2006
Format:Taschenbuch
As an audio specialist these last 30 years, I've seen my share of technology hype. Even though history is littered from horizon to horizon with inflated expectations, broken promises, unfounded predictions, and a few outright lies, I'm always amazed at how easily people are goaded into throwing down their credit card for the latest tech toys. Of course, this book reaffirms that which I already know--technology for its own sake may be cool, but has no other benefits. I was predisposed to enjoy this book, and I wasn't disappointed. The guy who should read this book is the same guy who replaced his Beta tape library with LaserDiscs.
Seidensticker writes in a very anecdotal style. The layout is clean and inviting to the eyes. It is extremely well organized and edited. What makes FUTURE HYPE so much fun is all of the neat little quotes and factoids, some of which are pretty humorous when read in our modern context. An appendix lists sources for material on the subject worth looking into.
Reading this book gives one the long view, and puts current trends in their proper perspective. I sure wish our government and our school district would read it, because what scares me is that we are being forced to buy into technology that actually lowers productivity or has costs disproportionate to its benefits. For instance, our switch to HDTV has been LEGISLATED, because it didn't win over the marketplace overnight as some hoped it would. School students are REQUIRED to use computers to do assignments which can be done faster with a book, pen, and paper. FUTURE HYPE advocates adopting technologies according to their benefit.
Protect yourself. Read this book before the hype seduces you!
Byron C. Justice, author of "Violent Night"
Seidensticker writes in a very anecdotal style. The layout is clean and inviting to the eyes. It is extremely well organized and edited. What makes FUTURE HYPE so much fun is all of the neat little quotes and factoids, some of which are pretty humorous when read in our modern context. An appendix lists sources for material on the subject worth looking into.
Reading this book gives one the long view, and puts current trends in their proper perspective. I sure wish our government and our school district would read it, because what scares me is that we are being forced to buy into technology that actually lowers productivity or has costs disproportionate to its benefits. For instance, our switch to HDTV has been LEGISLATED, because it didn't win over the marketplace overnight as some hoped it would. School students are REQUIRED to use computers to do assignments which can be done faster with a book, pen, and paper. FUTURE HYPE advocates adopting technologies according to their benefit.
Protect yourself. Read this book before the hype seduces you!
Byron C. Justice, author of "Violent Night"
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Breathe easy
11. April 2006
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For those of you who have been worried that despite your best efforts (or because of them) technology is leaving you in the dust, Future Hype is a breath of fresh air. Seidensticker maintains that the pace of technology change today is not any faster than it has been for centuries. Packed with enough historical details to merit its own version of Trivial Pursuit, Future Hype challenges some of the cherished myths of technology change, seeking to replace them with a clear-eyed look at the reality of high tech in the world today, and giving us all a guilt-free chance to get off the treadmill.
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Thoughtful analysis for the layperson
9. April 2006
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Given all the hyperbolic rhetoric surrounding technology its nice to see a more measured approach to the question that also offers some much needed historical perspective. Seidensticker has a great way of stringing together his examples into a coherent narrative that helps to illustrate his incisive analysis. Definitely worth the time.
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