Date
6-27-1978
Series
Ecosystems Lectures
Length
1 hour 23 minutes
Original Description
With Cooper, W., Ecosystems.
Notes
Michael Arbib, a computer scientist and neuroscientist at University of Massachusetts, Amherst, lectured on the extent to which computers are compatible with a democratic form of government. This lecture is part of the "Ecosystems" series of lectures sponsored by Sigma Xi- Earth Resources Ltd.
Transferred and preserved by Portland State University Library’s Special Collections with the generous support of the Institute of Museum and Library Services through the Library Services and Technology Act, administered by the Oregon State Library.
Subjects
Ecosystems, Representative government and representation
Original Format
Reel to reel, 3.75 ips, 4 track, mono
Rights
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Persistent Identifier
http://archives.pdx.edu/ds/psu/11431
Recommended Citation
Arbib, Michael A., ""Participation and Alienation in Large Democracies"" (1978). Special Collections: Oregon Public Speakers. 174.
http://archives.pdx.edu/ds/psu/11431
Description
Transcript added February 17, 2021.
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