The Dehumanising Effects of the Computer Revolution
THE DEHUMANISING EFFECTS OF THE COMPUTER REVOLUTION
1.0 The computer revolution
Computer evolution had already passed its infancy from its introduction to the wide-reaching utilisation of the society today as the much-heralded ‘personal computer’ or simply PC led the revolutionary process by virtue of its prominence and visibility in the daily existence of humankind,the application of computer goes above and beyond the convenience of storing and displaying data for practical use. Instead it now encompasses the ability to achieve process optimisation and assume a central role in technically everything people do. Driven by the rapid developments in technology, this device acts from giving a specific advice onto performing dreadful tasks for the purpose of providing a solution to the problem whenever the need arises and sometimes in only a matter of second.
Dubbed as the new information age, the computer revolution was facilitated by acquiring faster, cheaper and accessible personal computers by more and more households worldwide as industries, governments and institutions are increasingly dependant upon computers. The establishment of the revolution is driven by extensive promotion of the beneficial effects of the computers including increased access to information, ease of communication across longer distances, added accuracy in research and manufacturing, more efficiency in doing business, cheaper means of production and other practical purposes. What the advocates did not realise is that the computer revolution has profound effects to the society – positive and negative.
Nonetheless, there are inherent risks that the computer revolution is bringing the humanity, and these may not be equally or not compensate the benefits. The paper will address the dehumanising effects of the computer revolution as it will discuss the various aspects of human-computer interaction. How computing applies to the daily existence of many as well as how computing can influence or
1.0 The computer revolution
Computer evolution had already passed its infancy from its introduction to the wide-reaching utilisation of the society today as the much-heralded ‘personal computer’ or simply PC led the revolutionary process by virtue of its prominence and visibility in the daily existence of humankind,the application of computer goes above and beyond the convenience of storing and displaying data for practical use. Instead it now encompasses the ability to achieve process optimisation and assume a central role in technically everything people do. Driven by the rapid developments in technology, this device acts from giving a specific advice onto performing dreadful tasks for the purpose of providing a solution to the problem whenever the need arises and sometimes in only a matter of second.
Dubbed as the new information age, the computer revolution was facilitated by acquiring faster, cheaper and accessible personal computers by more and more households worldwide as industries, governments and institutions are increasingly dependant upon computers. The establishment of the revolution is driven by extensive promotion of the beneficial effects of the computers including increased access to information, ease of communication across longer distances, added accuracy in research and manufacturing, more efficiency in doing business, cheaper means of production and other practical purposes. What the advocates did not realise is that the computer revolution has profound effects to the society – positive and negative.
Nonetheless, there are inherent risks that the computer revolution is bringing the humanity, and these may not be equally or not compensate the benefits. The paper will address the dehumanising effects of the computer revolution as it will discuss the various aspects of human-computer interaction. How computing applies to the daily existence of many as well as how computing can influence or