"The Feeling of Power"

[Bill (Smithville NJ)]

(10-02-2015 02:35 PM)Dave Britten Wrote:  I just stumbled across this amusing bit of satire on the hubris of modernization by Isaac Asimov. The math teachers among you will no doubt appreciate the theme.

http://downlode.org/Etext/power.html

I often feel the same way about computer science. Who needs to know how to implement a linked list or hash table when you can just instantiate a List<string> or Dictionary<string, object>?

Dave,

I've always been a big fan of Isaac Asimov, but I had forgotten about this one.

What I find most interesting is that this story was first published in February 1958 issue of If: Worlds of Science Fiction.

There is also a YouTube video of this:

The Feeling of Power


Bill
Smithville, NJ