概括
现代计算机提高了生产力,将工作转移到服务领域,而不是使工作变得不人道. 它们还深深地影响了人类的自我感知,揭示了思想是自然的,机械的现象.
科学领域:
- 社会经济学 社会经济学
- 思想的哲学 思想的哲学
- 技术的历史 技术的历史
背景情况:
- 技术进步历来推动了经济转变.
- 计算机的引入引发了关于它们对工作和人类的影响的问题.
研究的目的:
- 分析计算机对生产力和就业的经济影响.
- 评估由于计算机化而导致的劳动非人性化的说法.
- 探索计算机对人类自我理解的哲学含义.
主要方法:
- 对生产率趋势的经济分析.
- 实证审查就业从制造业转移到服务业.
- 计算机对自我感知的影响的哲学考察.
主要成果:
- 计算机提高了经济生产率,并促进了向服务型经济的过渡.
- 经验数据不支持计算机机械化或非人性化工作的观点.
- 计算机最重要的影响可能是人类对自身的看法,揭开了大脑的神秘面.
结论:
- 计算机是提高生产率的技术的自然进展.
- 计算机对工作非人化的恐惧在经验上是毫无根据的.
- 计算机有助于科学地理解大脑,有助于自我认识.
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