Seeing Around Corners. / Jonathan Rauch.
by Rauch, Jonathan; SIRS Publishing, Inc.
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BookSeries: SIRS Enduring Issues 2003Article 68Science. Publisher: Los Angeles Times Syndicate 2, 2002ISSN: 1522-3264;.Subject(s): Civilization | Computer simulation | Economics -- Sociological aspects | Ethnic relations | Political corruption | Pueblo Indians | Segregation | Social change | Social structure | Social systemsDDC classification: 050 Summary: "Growing artificial societies on computers--in silico, so to speak--requires quite a lot of computing power and, still more important, some sophisticated modern programming languages, so the ability to do it is of recent vintage." (ATLANTIC MONTHLY) This article discusses the building of artificial societies on computers and explains how these are used to anticipate what may lie ahead for human civilization.
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Originally Published: Seeing Around Corners, April 2002; pp. 35+.
"Growing artificial societies on computers--in silico, so to speak--requires quite a lot of computing power and, still more important, some sophisticated modern programming languages, so the ability to do it is of recent vintage." (ATLANTIC MONTHLY) This article discusses the building of artificial societies on computers and explains how these are used to anticipate what may lie ahead for human civilization.
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