(Online library) Mindless: Why Smarter Machines are Making Dumber Humans
• Simon Head •
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13 of 13 people found the following review helpful. Broad view of the consequences of modernityBy Johnny Von RoadblockAs an IT consultant I see the effects of automation on not only the unskilled workforce but also on the white collar world. This book gives a unique look at the consequences of our modern world. Hard work, education, and ambition may no longer be guarantees of success. Blake's "dark satanic mills" are being replaced by the fluorescent lit cubicles.I've always been a die-hard cNew York of Books"[An] arresting new book... Head offers a powerful indictment of contemporary Anglo-American Capitalism... He brilliantly translates ideas remote from the experience of most people into everyday language... [and] deconstructs and demystifies the pseudoscientific, abstract, jargoWe live in the age of Computer Business Systems (CBSs)mdash;the highly complex, computer-intensive management programs on which large organizations increasingly rely. In Mindless, Simon Head argues that these systems have come to trump human expertise, dictating the goals and strategies of a wide array of businesses, and de-skilling the jobs of middle class workers in the process. CBSs are especially dysfunctional, Head argues, when they apply their disembodied expertise to transactions between... [PDF.wb05] Mindless: Why Smarter Machines are Making Dumber Humans Rating: 3.77 (742 Votes)
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