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...fear of intellectual inadequacy, of powerlessness before the tireless electronic wizards, has given rise to dozens of science-fiction fantasies of computer takeovers. In The Tale of the Big Computer, by Swedish Physicist Hannes Alfven, written under the pen name Olof Johannesson, the human beings of today become the horses of tomorrow. The world runs not for man but for the existence and welfare of computers...
...this is part of a growing and quite possibly ruinous European crusade against nuclear power. The crusade is being fought by Europe's oddly mixed environmental groups, which are rapidly becoming a significant political force. Ex-Premier Olof Palme of Sweden attributed the 1976 election defeat of his Social Democratic government, in part, to public opposition to his nuclear-power program. In the first round of French municipal elections last month, ecology-minded groups gathered 10% of the vote in Paris and up to 30% in some suburbs, cutting into the totals of losing moderate candidates backed by President...
...cannot agree with the Social Democratic politician [Oct. 4] who regards "clever, honest" Falldin as typically Swedish. The typical 20th century Swede is Olof Palme: arrogant, neurotic and vociferously anti-American...
Early in the week, tired and haggard, Social Democratic Chairman Olof Palme, 49, tendered his resignation as Prime Minister-the post he had held since 1969-to the Speaker of Parliament, and vowed to "continue to be a driving force in Swedish politics." He will now head a caretaker government for a few weeks until Center Party Chairman Thorbjörn Fälldin (pronounced fell-dean), 50, names his Cabinet and becomes Prime Minister...
...samhället is the creation of Sweden's Social Democratic Party, now headed by Prime Minister Olof Palme, which has ruled the country (sometimes with coalition partners) for the past 44 years. Scarcely Marxist, the party long ago discarded belief in class warfare and state ownership of the means of production. Sweden's socialism has encouraged continued capitalist ownership of enterprises (90% of industry is in private hands) and private investment in new areas of production...