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Article: I don't compute, I think. (use of computers by CEOs) (The Soft Machine)
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- Chief Executive (U.S.)
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- May 1, 1994
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The replies are coming in to my "Millennium Masterclass" questionnaire (CE: January/February 1994). I borrowed the answer I most admire to date for this column's headline. It responds to the unintentionally explosive question: If you are not a computer user, please explain why. Wow! That particular answer made me feel like I had asked someone for the time and been accused of misunderstanding relativity in response. You also have to salute our contributor's wicked Descartian satire: Non computo, ergo cogito. Mr. X then continues: The activities for which I would most like to use a computer are: To add or subtract very quickly.
Mr. X has a point. After all, what has a ...