18: Turbulent 1960s

If the font of garbage spewing from our screens and speakers aren't enough to inspire teachers to weave language instruction into Civics and Social Studies, this article will do it for them. Only for teachers, or perhaps advanced high school students. - Here's a taste Modern English, especially written English, is full of bad habits which spread by imitation and which can be avoided if one is willing to take the necessary trouble. If one gets rid of these habits one can think more clearly, and to think clearly is a necessary first step toward political regeneration.

J. R. Licklider's 1968 paper in which he wrote that "in a few years, men will communicate through machine easier than they communicate face to face." His drawings of a meeting facilitated by computers is a remarkably accurate prediction of more than 30 years before PowerPoint became ubiquitous. Included here also is Licklider's "Man Comnputer Symbiosis" in which he argues for a simpler interface between people and computers.