Plato and the nerd the creative partnership of humans and technology
In this book, Edward Ashford Lee makes a bold claim: that the creators of digital technology have an unsurpassed medium for creativity. Technology has advanced to the point where progress seems limited not by physical constraints but the human imagination. Writing for both literate technologists and...
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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Cambridge, Massachusetts
The MIT Press
2017
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| Series: | The MIT Press Ser
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| Collection: | MIT Press eBook Archive - Collection details see MPG.ReNa |
| Summary: | In this book, Edward Ashford Lee makes a bold claim: that the creators of digital technology have an unsurpassed medium for creativity. Technology has advanced to the point where progress seems limited not by physical constraints but the human imagination. Writing for both literate technologists and numerate humanists, Lee makes a case for engineering -- creating technology -- as a deeply intellectual and fundamentally creative process. Explaining why digital technology has been so transformative and so liberating, Lee argues that the real power of technology stems from its partnership with humans |
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| Physical Description: | xvi, 266 pages illustrations |
| ISBN: | 9780262341202 0262341204 |