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Reviews Amazon.com In Trapped in the Net, Gene Rochlin presents a well-documented case that computerization is changing our social, economic, and political worlds--and not necessarily for the better. While Rochlin believes that computers could never completely replace humans, he does acknowledge that it is becoming harder and harder for humans to pull the plug on their computers. And he's worried about the general public's lack of concern. After a brief history of personal computing and networking, the book debates whether the gradual movement of computerization into the workplace has "dumbed down" workers and decentralized control within organizations. Rochlin asserts that the computerization of safety-critical industries has increased the chances of operational error, demonstrated with examples of errors made by pilots, air traffic controllers, and nuclear plant operators. Trapped in the Net also investigates military systems computing and the financial and investment market, which has experienced the most rapid growth and change due to computerization. The book concludes with some possible implications of our increasingly digital society, and the picture doesn't always look pretty. The final chapters ponder the effects of virtual organizations on our society, using the example of the military fighting a war in cyberspace.
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