DocumentCode
50131
Title
Of Boilers, Bit, and Bots
Author
Booch, Grady
Author_Institution
IBM
Volume
32
Issue
1
fYear
2015
fDate
Jan.-Feb. 2015
Firstpage
11
Lastpage
13
Abstract
Parallels exist between the Industrial Revolution and our current computing revolution regarding risk, transparency, and responsibility. This article examines some of these parallels, the implications for society, and the individual developer´s responsibility. The Web extra at http://youtu.be/9qfm9DDzLCc is an audio podcast of author Grady Booch reading his On Computing column, in which he discusses how parallels exist between the Industrial Revolution and our current computing revolution regarding risk, transparency, and responsibility. Grady then examines some of these parallels, their implications for society, and individual developer´s responsibilities.
Keywords
Philosophical considerations; Social factors; Social implications of technology; Technology social factors; computing; history; professional development; society; software engineering;
fLanguage
English
Journal_Title
Software, IEEE
Publisher
ieee
ISSN
0740-7459
Type
jour
DOI
10.1109/MS.2015.13
Filename
7030158
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