ABSTRACT
The computer can be a force for homogenization or individuation of our lives. But its ultimate threat is to those deprived of its power. The computer is a child par excellence of our era of fantastically rapidly expanding technology. The computer has at present no effect on where we live. But already it affects how we live. The first bank deposit accounting computer system was built by the General Electric Company for the Bank of America about 13 years ago. The computer, in other words, is a life boat that arrived on the horizon in the nick of time. It is a necessary part of the rescue machinery—but not a sufficient one. The computer is performing a service that is more than a holding action and in this area we have reason for considerable optimism. Much man-computer communication will be in the graphic mode.
