The Problem is NOT Technology

Center for Media Literacy: Empowerment Through Education


This article originally appeared in Issue #18 / Winter 1982

Topic / Subject Area:
	Computer Literacy / Digital Revolution
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The Problem is NOT Technology

I have in my vest pocket a calculator the size of a credit card and the thickness of about three pennies. It does a zillion functions. In it is a little chip which could be replaced with a much more sophisticated chip except then it could perform so many functions you woulodn't be able to fit all the buttons on the surface...at least your fingers couldn't push the buttons.
The problem is not technology. The problem is we have fat fingers!

— Bishop Pierre Dumaine

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