Technology Review: November/December 1998
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The Web´s Unelected Government
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A little-known group that holds closed meetings is the closest thing the Web has to a central authority. TR, offers the first in-depth look at this crucial player in the Web´s future.
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Columns
- Start the e-Bulldozers
- Even with computers crawling out of every closet, we don´t seem to be working fewer hours at the office or achieving more. Where aree the "electronic bulldozers" that will free us from routine office toil?
- Science-Fiction Policy
- In an exaggerated response to a work of science fiction, the U.S. govenment is set to spend hundreds of millions to fight "bioterrism." Is this any way to make public policy?
- End R&D "Welfare"
- Misguided federal largesse has created an R&D welfare state that does little to promote innovation. It´s time for a revolution.
Viewpoint
- The Sound of No Hands Tapping
- The opposable thumb helps make us human, yet our technology is relegating dexterity to the sidelines. How should we handle the change?
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Massachusetts Institute of Technology