![]() ![]() It helps us understand a dialogue that is at best unevenly informed by issues that concern academic historians. Popular literature both shapes and reflects public perceptions of technology. But revisiting such works offers more significant rewards than just reliving our youth. ![]() For many of us, popular works such as The Soul of a New Machine were our first introduction to ideas about the relationship of technology and culture. 1 The genre is certainly not new, however. The number of popular books-written by authors both inside and outside academe-is on the upswing, as the annual list of submissions for SHOT's Hacker Prize can attest. The Soul of a New Machine differs from most other books that have been revisited in Technology and Culture during the past few years, as it was written not by a scholar for other scholars but by a professional writer for a popular audience. ![]()
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