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1988 Jan 25

1. The vision

2. The technology

3. The politics

themes: 

The slow and uneven development of this technology.  Time-sharing
is universal now, but the systems suffer from their origins.

	Computer technology developed rapidly at first when each
new system represented a fresh start.  Later the field developed
many commitments to previous ways of doing things and its young
fogies.

Think of technology in terms of opportunities not effects.

Computerizing the Library of Congress is still the right thing
to do.  Mention the French project.  Maybe the Japanese will do it.

Dialnet

Computer Professionals for Social Responsibility
Political activy is required to see that good things are done.

David Roode and LOTS, computing at Stanford

Environmentalism and technology assessment have played a basically
negative role.  This probably applies to VTSS also.