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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...burgeoning use of computers by non-scientists is the result of a phenomenon known as "transparency." A tool is transparent if the user is aware of the problem he is trying to solve, not of the mechanics of the operation. When you write, for example, you don't worry about the way the paper was made or how your pen works (unless it runs out of ink). When you make a phone call, you are hardly conscious of the complex path followed by the electrical impulses. Only if the line is busy do you appreciate the vehicle of communication...
...years ago," Oettinger points out," "the computer was a toy for the user, restricted to those who loved the beast; but not now." Ten years from now there might be one in every House. Ten years after that, there might be one in every house.Computer operators analyze facts and figures delivered by the IBM 7094. This is the only computer Harvard owns cut-right--it is usually better to rent because computers become obsolete. In September of 1964, this machine was handling 250 hours per week of work, and now it is up to 600 hours per week. There...
...physiological need for narcotics, however, is only one of the many things that hook a user. The two other major contributors are the user's psychological makeup and his conditioned behavioral pattern-the strong likelihood that a return to old haunts and old friends will ease the post-addict back into old habits. Cyclazocine has no psychological effects, but Jaffe and Brill wondered if it were not possible to use it to help break behavioral patterns. They decided to try it on outpatients on the theory that when an addict's surroundings led him to take dope...
...fully aware," concluded Jaffe and Brill, "that our enthusiasm may be playing an even larger role than cyclazocine." Whether that enthusiasm is a necessary ingredient, and whether it can be transmitted to patients "more typical of the antisocial urban heroin user," is something that can only be learned with further testing...
Such dangers do not deter the acid heads, or "psychedelics"-even though some users are willing to admit that they found no great "show," or had a "freak trip" (a bad one), or "tripped out" (the worst kind). Said one two-time user last week: "Would I try it again? No, because I've been to places inside myself where no one should ever go." Most psychiatrists who have had to treat post-LSD patients would agree...