OUR COMPUTATIONAL CULTURE: FROM DESCARTES TO THE COMPUTER.

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  • Author(s): BERG, R. DREYER
  • Source:
    ETC: A Review of General Semantics. Apr2014, Vol. 71 Issue 2, p184-200. 17p.
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    • Subject Terms:
      COMPUTERS & society; CULTURE; HUMAN beings; VALUES (Ethics); PHONETIC alphabet
    • Abstract:
      The article discusses the impact of the power of computer on the culture of people. Topics include the desire of humans for a faster method of calculating that eventually transformed in a computational culture, a discussion on the primary oral cultures where visual values are repressed by auditory arranged experiences, and how the phonetic alphabet was used during the Renaissance as a way of corresponding sounds to words. Also mentioned is J. David Bolter's synoptic "Turing's Man."