The computer may be incompetent in itself--that is, unable to do the work for which it was designed. This kind of incompetence can never be eliminated, because the Peter Principle applies in the plants where computers are designed and manufactured.
On the way from mythology to logistics thought has lost the element of self-reflection and today machinery disables men even as it nurtures them.
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On the way from mythology to logistics thought has lost the element of self-reflection and today machinery disables men even as it nurtures them.
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