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Editorial from the March 2008 issue of Managing Automation

The Digital Devolution

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Abstract:Modern technology has given us nearly instantaneous access to information, but we don't seem to have figured out how to act on it quickly.
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The contrast between classical and modern accomplishments makes me think that the faster we know things, the slower we execute.

What if the ancient Athenians had had cell phones and computers? Let's listen in on a cell phone conversation between Parthenon sculptor Phidias and his wife early one morning:

"Hi, Hon, I'm at the Acropolis and getting organized. We are about to lift Apollo into the pediment."

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