Thinking : The New Necessity

The irony is clear : The more data we get, the less time is available for their effective use. Hence the more effective we get at providing data, the greater the requirement that we spend more preparatory time deciding specifically what we want them for what are the relevant issues and questions? The necessity of thinking is intensified, not obviated, by the prodigality of data and information.

The feedback consequences of this are also clear. The computer must be harnessed to give the executive more time to think so that he can effectively use the computer. If the computer fails to do that, it will consume itself. It will be like a giant weed whose ungovernable growth creates a self-destructive imbalance in its metabolism.