The revenge of unintended consequences

It really must be Friday after a long week. This rabbit trail really has a verrrrrrrry interesting new smell to be followed. Everyone refers to this article - I would really like to track down a copy and see if it really is that interesting.

Tenner, E. (1997). Why things bite back: Technology and the revenge of unintended consequences. NY: Alfred A. Knopf

One writer said (Journal of Technical Education):
Nonetheless, there are some potential unintended consequences, akin to Tenner's (1997) treatise on the subject. In the wake of this new design software, the problem-solving process might never go beyond the virtual world of the computer. Even modeling systems like Lego blocks have crossed the line into the virtual world, as evidenced in the article by Kurt Michael in this issue. Students can now virtually model a modeling system that, itself, is intended to model the real world.

Found this as a reference to another article published this issue of Innovate, The “Imponderable Bloom”:Reconsidering the Role of Technology in Education by Robert Sand

About to see how good Google really is. I have now found 5 other articles which refers to the first one, but does not give me the article itself, maybe because it is now 9 years old???

Much later..............

Google is Ok when you type in the correct thing to search for. It is a book. Found a review on it. If I have intrigued you, here is the link to the book review. He has written some other out there stuff as well. Like I said - it is Friday of a very long week!!!!!