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Computing has transformed humanity in ways that we have only begun to metabolize. Computing amplifies what we celebrate most about being human, but it also has the capacity to magnify that which we mourn. Exploring the story of computing has value, for an educated populace is far more able to reconcile its past, reason about its present, and be intentional about its future.
We live in an enchanted land of our own making. While much of the world benefits from the technology that has made that enchantment possible, much of the world neither knows nor cares about the inner life of computing.
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