About the Author

William Sims Bainbridge has written 30 academic books and about 300 articles or book chapters, in areas such as technological innovation, social movements, and modern culture. Beginning in the 1980s, he programmed much educational and research software incorporating machine learning or rule-based artificial intelligence, and has edited encyclopedias on human-computer interaction and leadership in science and technology. He represented the social and information sciences in organizing the Converging Technologies conferences of the U.S. government, which resulted in 11 edited volumes that sought to unite nanotechnology, biotechnology, information technology, and cognitive science. He currently serves as a program director in the ...

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