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title: "Good and bad news about computers"
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permalink: "https://eay.cc/2017/good-and-bad-news-about-computers/"
published_at: "2017-06-10T08:38:27+00:00"
author: "Stefan Grund"
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format: "quote"
tags:
  - "netzkultur"
  - "technologie"
  - "ted nelson"
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# Good and bad news about computers

> The good news about computers is that they do what you tell them to do. The bad news is that they do what you tell them to do.

**– Ted Nelson**, US-amerikanischer [Technologievordenker und Soziologe](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ted_Nelson), der mit seiner Arbeit am [Project Xanadu](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Project_Xanadu) in den 1960er Jahren den Begriff Hypertext prägte – ebenso wie den Begriff der [Teledildonics](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Teledildonics). 😏 🍆