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# Introduction
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+{{quote {author: "Ellen Ullman", title: "Close to the Machine: Technophilia and its Discontents", chapter: true}
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+We think we are creating the system for our own purposes. We believe
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+we are making it in our own image... But the computer is not really
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+like us. It is a projection of a very slim part of ourselves: that
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+portion devoted to logic, order, rule, and clarity.
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+quote}}
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This is a book about instructing ((computer))s. Computers are about as
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common as screwdrivers today, but they are quite a bit more complex,
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and making them do the things you want them to do isn't always easy.
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