Review of TIME'S 1982 Person of the Year

I believe TIME picked the computer as person of the year because it was the new, most intriguing invention on the market. At that point in time the personal computer was a bit exclusive, and with everything else going on in the world in 1982 nothing could compete with the computer. The personal computer was a success to the American people who designing programs could afford if. You could now work from home if you wanted to and save on gas. People were and more. Things were looking up for the computer in its sales especially in the corporate world, companies were buying like crazy. The statistics made were an interesting as well. I liked the question asked, will the computer change the very nature of human thought? And if so, for better or worse. Well I feel it's not even a debate, for the fact that some people will find the computer to be a great invention and the answers to their problems, where as other not many in my opinion become intimidated of the idea that a machine is smarter than their human mind when in actuality who really cares as long as the job gets done. There was another question and concern about how even though this computer is a great invention will the computer stimulate the brain's activity or, by doing so much of its work, permit it to go slack? To answer that question I would say yes in every language for the fact that the computer is correcting our grammar if it is incorrect. The comp uter will correct our spelling if it is incorrect, and so much more. Then the question in my mind rises do we really need teachers when the computer seems to be doing a great job of that already, even doing the hard work for us in a sense. We are the computer and technology age, and there is and will always be an upgrade of the latest gadget in technology. I feel as though TIME hit home on some of their predictions as far as what the computer age would bring.