The author writes: "Computing is mere decades young, a set of technologies we have scarcely begun to develop. It's already been quite a ride. Now: Imagine every gadget around you becoming ever faster, cheaper, tinier, more interconnected, more intelligent . . . especially more intelligent. The stories in Creative Destruction explore what we could face in the next half century or so: artificial intelligence, malicious software to makes us nostalgic for mere viruses, ever-more-perfect virtual reality, direct neural interfaces to computers, ubiquitous networks, and more. The internet. That was nothing."
Included are:
INTRODUCTION, by Stanley Schmidt
FOREWORD, by Edward M. Lerner
THE DAY OF THE RFIDS
SURVIVAL INSTINCT
WHAT A PIECE OF WORK IS MAN
BY THE RULES
INIQUITOUS COMPUTING
CATCH A FALLING STAR
SETTLEMENT
CREATIVE DESTRUCTION