"[A]n order of magnitude quantitative change in technology can make a qualitative change in the lifestyle we enjoy."
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"The Information Revolution – Will it Improve the Quality of Life?" (speech before the Sixth Australian Computer Society Conference, May 21, 1974)
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Isaac L. Auerbach
Isaac L. Auerbach (October 9, 1921 – December 24, 1992) was an early advocate and pioneer of computing technologies, and founding president of IFIP (the International Federation for Information Processing).
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