Time out from Cyber Technology, try some Mumford

Lewis Mumford, KBE (October 19, 1895 – January 26, 1990) was an American historian, sociologist, philosopher of technology, and literary critic. Particularly noted for his study of cities and urban architecture, he had a broad career as a writer. Mumford was influenced by the work of Scottish theorist Sir Patrick Geddes and worked closely with his associate the British sociologist Victor Branford. - Source Wikipedia

If you are like me, I sometimes get burned out on all this technology.  Trying to design better info structures to protect data can get tiring.

"One of the functions of intelligence is to take account of the dangers that come from solely trusting to the intelligence."

Lewis Mumford

So on a recent escape to the beach . . .
I took along a copy of . . . 

I was introduced to the works of Mumford by 2 undergrad engineering students at Georgia tech in 1986. What were these college students doing getting totally jazzed by Volume One The Myth of the Machine in 1986 !!!

28 years later I got around to reading Lewis Mumford. He is a tough read but well worth it.  (I average 10 pages per hour.)

"A certain amount of opposition 
is healthy to a man. 
Kites rise against, not with, the wind"

Lewis Mumford