Rauch, Jonathan.

Seeing Around Corners. / Jonathan Rauch. - Los Angeles Times Syndicate 2, 2002. - SIRS Enduring Issues 2003. Article 68. Science, 1522-3264; .

Articles Contained in SIRS Enduring Issues 2003. 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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Civilization.
Computer simulation.
Economics--Sociological aspects.
Ethnic relations.
Political corruption.
Pueblo Indians.
Segregation.
Social change.
Social structure.
Social systems.

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