<p/><br></br><p><b> About the Book </b></p></br></br>A Harvard social scientist argues that today's computer revolution in the workplace confronts us with a momentous choice either to automate, dehumanizing work and alienating workers, or to informate, giving workers the knowledge to make critical, collaborative judgments.<p/><br></br><p><b> Book Synopsis </b></p></br></br>A Harvard social scientist documents the pitfalls and promise of computerized technology in business life, warning that advanced information technologies present us with a fateful choice--to continue automation at the risk of robbing workers of gratification and self-image, or to "informate" and empower ordinary working people to make critical and collaborative judgments.