One of the lessons I took from that book was that the course that technology takes isn’t just a function of scientific achievement and cold logic.
The Soul of a New Machine is an essential chapter in the history of the machine that revolutionized the world in the twentieth century.Īvailable Now from Hachette Audio as a digital download, and in Paperback and Ebook from Little, Brown and Company. The Soul of a New Machine by Tracy Kidder. What has not changed is the feverish pace of the high-tech industry, the go-for-broke approach to business that has caused so many computer companies to win big (or go belly up), and the cult of pursuing mind-bending technological innovations.
Computers have changed since 1981, when Tracy Kidder memorably recorded the drama, comedy, and excitement of one company’s efforts to bring a new microcomputer to market. The Soul of a New Machine was excerpted in the The Atlantic Monthly in 1981.Prior to its publication, Kidder (a former Army intelligence officer who subsequently graduated from the Iowa Writers' Workshop) was best known for his work for the magazine, including a critically-acclaimed series of Vietnam-related fiction and reportage.
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