Today, 44 states ban texting while driving and nearly as many limit how at least some drivers use their mobile phones for talking. While he presents an arresting tale of the trials of a particular distracted driver — a college student in Utah, while texting, hit another car, causing an accident that killed two scientists on their way to work — the passage of time has reduced Richtel’s crusading zeal. Richtel is frustrated to learn that automakers, rather than design limits on digital devices, are doing the opposite: In “The Glass Cage,” his deeply informed reflection on computer automation, Carr explores how emerging technologies from Google and others could well end the perils of distracted driving by, well, ending human control of cars. Yet, over time, the driverless car, heralded by designers as the silver bullet that will eradicate auto fatalities, may exact other costs. Carr, whose earlier book, “The Shallows,” explored how computers are making humans dumber, extends his analysis to virtually every domain of life where computers and information networks are playing an ever-increasing role in work. From airplane pilots to doctors and architects, Carr finds that digital systems, while aiding productivity, carry hidden costs, notably because they promote the decline of human skills and a growing sense of dependency on machines for even decisions and memory. The lessons from the past do not prevent Carr from fretting that in the future, robots will care for the elderly, driverless cars will rob humans of employment, and even education could go online, wiping out the teaching profession. Carr cites pilots complaining about their skills atrophying because the plane now does so much of the real work of flight. [...] he cites crashes where digital systems failed and pilots were forced to suddenly shift from managing instruments to flying the plane ...
'the Glass Cage’ And 'a Deadly Wandering’: Review
By G. Pascal Zachary, San Francisco Chronicle: Entertainment
Wed, 10/01/2014 - 5:35pm
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