January 30, 1986 (vol. 96, iss. 85) • Page Image 8
… to the myth of the Golden Apple. Who gets the Golden Apple? The myth portrays the God- desses competing on Mount Olympus for status of "the fairest." As in the various competitions, quarrels and…
… alliances among the Goddesses of Mount Olympus, the same symbolic struggles rage within. a womans psyche. The Goddess archetype who gets the apple at any one time is in- dicative of which qualities the woman…
… threaten mankind if not monitored. Citing ordinary people's current familiarity with computers, Deken believes the threat is not far off. Computers will evolve in three steps: automation, representations (ab…
…- stract intellectualization) and autonomy. The first two steps of evolution have already been realized. Rather than viewing computers as a component of robotics, Deken sees all computers of the future as…
… necessary as computers will diagnose ailments and robots will dispense treatment. More often than not, Deken fails as a visionary although his idea of a SportStation is worth considering. Each home would be…
…'ay's computers as dinosaurs. This becomes obsolete. The absolute monotony of his imagery attempts comes to a climax with has discussion of computers: " ... we might even visualize the two shores (the physical and…
