The Passing of Remoteness

Tv Series
Tv Show :
The Dream Machine
Season 1
Episode Number :5
Rate : Not Rated
RunTime :58 mins
Air Date :1991-12-15
Story : The tens of millions of computers in the world have begun talking to one another. This "networking" has allowed all sorts of new communities to grow up, regardless of distance. But now, errors in information and programming can wreak havoc. Computer networks, including the Internet, and their global impact on communication and privacy.
Interviews:
Robert Lucky (AT&T Bell Labs), Dave Hughes, Kathleen Bonner (Trader, Fidelity), George Hayter (Former Head of Trading, London Stock Exchange), Ben Bagdikian (UC Berkeley), Arthur Miller (Harvard Law School), Forman Brown (songwriter, d.1996), Tan Chin Nam (Chairman, National Computer Board of Singapore), B.G. Lee (Minister of Trade and Industry, Singapore), Lee Fook Wah, (Assistant Traffic Manager, MRT Singapore), David Assouline (French Activist, now a senator), Mitch Kapor (founder, Lotus), Michael Drennan (Air traffic controller, Dallas-Fort Worth)
Cast
Robert HoneWriter
Robert HoneProducer
Nancy LindeEditor
Frank HammondDirector of Photography
Rich LernerDirector of Photography