The  Weizmann  Institute  of  Science
                  Faculty of Mathematics and Computer Science


                            Computer Science Seminar

                                  Paul T. Ward
                           Paul Ward Associates, Inc.
                                    New York


                                 will speak on


               The Effect of Increasing Communications Bandwidth
                                on Human Culture

Abstract:
For more than 150 years, technology has allowed human beings to communicate who
are too far apart to sense one another directly .  This has had important
effects on the nature of person-to-person interaction.  Today, dramatic
increases in bandwidth and a convergence of other technologies have the
potential to create changes that are even more profound. This will be a very
informal examination of historical and contemporary observations about
technology, together with some attempts at rational speculation about the
future of human communication.





                      The lecture will take place in the 
                     Lecture Hall, Room 1, Ziskind Building
                          on Monday, January 31, 2000
                                    at 14:30