LEADER 04867nam 2200793 a 450 001 9910172211403321 005 20200520144314.0 010 $a1-4008-0667-4 010 $a1-4008-1773-0 010 $a1-282-75322-3 010 $a9786612753220 010 $a1-4008-2226-2 010 $a1-4008-1315-8 024 7 $a10.1515/9781400822263 035 $a(CKB)111056486499282 035 $a(EBL)581646 035 $a(OCoLC)700688677 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000443534 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11267173 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000443534 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10461429 035 $a(PQKB)10904188 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000261818 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11225291 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000261818 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10269147 035 $a(PQKB)11190343 035 $a(OCoLC)614505530 035 $a(MdBmJHUP)muse41445 035 $a(DE-B1597)446106 035 $a(OCoLC)979754534 035 $a(DE-B1597)9781400822263 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL581646 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10002100 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL275322 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC581646 035 $a(EXLCZ)99111056486499282 100 $a19960814d1997 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurnn#---|u||u 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aTrapped in the net $ethe unanticipated consequences of computerization /$fGene I. Rochlin 205 $aCourse Book 210 $aPrinceton, N.J. $cPrinceton University Press$dc1997 215 $a1 online resource (310 p.) 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a0-691-00247-9 311 $a0-691-01080-3 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. [265]-284) and index. 327 $tFront matter --$tContents --$tPreface --$tAcknowledgments --$t1. Introduction --$t2. Autogamous Technology --$t3. Networks of Connectivity: Webs of Dependence --$t4. Taylorism Redux ? --$t5. Computer Trading --$t6. Jacking into the Market --$t7. Expert Operators and Critical Tasks --$t8. Smart Weapons, Smart Soldiers --$t9. Unfriendly Fire --$t10. The Logistics of Techno-War --$t11. C3I in Cyberspace --$t12. Invisible Idiots --$tNotes --$tBibliography --$tIndex 330 $aVoice mail. E-mail. Bar codes. Desktops. Laptops. Networks. The Web. In this exciting book, Gene Rochlin takes a closer look at how these familiar and pervasive productions of computerization have become embedded in all our lives, forcing us to narrow the scope of our choices, our modes of control, and our experiences with the real world. Drawing on fascinating narratives from fields that range from military command, air traffic control, and international fund transfers to library cataloging and supermarket checkouts, Rochlin shows that we are rapidly making irreversible and at times harmful changes in our business, social, and personal lives to comply with the formalities and restrictions of information systems. The threat is not the direct one once framed by the idea of insane robots or runaway mainframes usurping human functions for their own purposes, but the gradual loss of control over hardware, software, and function through networks of interconnection and dependence. What Rochlin calls the computer trap has four parts: the lure, the snare, the costs, and the long-term consequences. The lure is obvious: the promise of ever more powerful and adaptable tools with simpler and more human-centered interfaces. The snare is what usually ensues. Once heavily invested in the use of computers to perform central tasks, organizations and individuals alike are committed to new capacities and potentials, whether they eventually find them rewarding or not. The varied costs include a dependency on the manufacturers of hardware and software--and a seemingly pathological scramble to keep up with an incredible rate of sometimes unnecessary technological change. Finally, a lack of redundancy and an incredible speed of response make human intervention or control difficult at best when (and not if) something goes wrong. As Rochlin points out, this is particularly true for those systems whose interconnections and mechanisms are so deeply concealed in the computers that no human being fully understands them. 517 3 $aUnanticipated consequences of computerization 606 $aComputers and civilization 606 $aElectronic data processing$xSocial aspects 606 $aComputer networks 615 0$aComputers and civilization. 615 0$aElectronic data processing$xSocial aspects. 615 0$aComputer networks. 676 $a303.48/34 700 $aRochlin$b Gene I$0955210 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910172211403321 996 $aTrapped in the net$92160663 997 $aUNINA