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?
There was a time when people moved earth with shovels using their muscles. Then came bulldozers, and the workers threw away their shovels because they could move more earth, faster and more accurately, with small movements of their fingers.
Are we doing as well in the Information Revolution?
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