Don't Panic, But Our Technology Now Defies Human Understanding

Even the scientists who make our most complicated software are sometimes baffled by how it worksand, more frighteningly, by how it breaks. In his new book "Overcomplicated: Technology at the Limits of Comprehension," Samuel Arbesman elucidates how the same technological advances that have improved our lives are also making the world harder and harder to comprehend.
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