20Mark Hodges, "Facing Real Fears in Virtual Worlds," ~chnology Review 98, no. 4 (May 1995), 16 - 17. 21Tom Dworetzky, "Crime and Punishment: Raskolnikov Does M U D Time," Omni 16, no. 11 (August 1994), 16. 22The Cave. This image begins Book VII of the Republic. Socrates introduces it to explain the effect of education (or the lack of it) on human nature. In the cave, prisoners are tied so that they can only see the wall of the cave, on which shadows play. The shadows are created by a fire burning behind them that shines on people (probably poets and statesmen) carrying statues of natural objects; these people walk along an elevated road, and their shadows are the only reality the prisoners know. One day a prisoner gets loose from the shackles, turns, and is blinded temporarily by the fire. He then sees an opening out of the cave and is dragged up the rough, steep path to the outside. There he is initially blinded by the Sun, and cannot see what is around him. Finally, his eyes adjust and he sees, first, images reflected in water, then the things themselves, and finally the Sun itself. However, the Sun is blinding, and so he can only look for any extended time at its image reflected in water. For Plato, education is a turningofthe soul in the right direction, to see (comprehend) reality: The prisoner who left the Cave must go back (it is his duty, but he must be forced), to bring the truth to those still there. However, just telling them will not put the truth into their souls; they must experience the journey and the revelation themselves. The Programmer The The The The The The The The The The The The The The The The days pass by, world turns round; compcenter bustles, console lights flash. days soon darken, world shakes and shakes; programmers write code, console lights blink. days become nights, world trembles in fear; programmer traces the flow, console's light flickers. days are now gone, world crumbles to dust; programmer reboots, console's screen grays. Bibliography Supplement'97 Metabibliography Addendum In the "Metabibliography" included in the March 1997 issue of Computers and Society, I unfortunately overlooked an important bibliographic resource: Rob Kling's Computerization and Controversy. (My apologies to Rob!) Kling, Rob, ed. "References," in Computerization and Controversy: Value ConflictsandSocial Choices.2nd ed. San Diego, CA: Academic Press, 1996. Identifies more than 400 bibliographic references, which are included at the end of each of the book's eight parts: "Heads Up! Mental Models for Traveling through the World," "Dreams ofTechnologicalUtopianism," "The Economic, Cultural, and Organizational Dimensions of Computerization," "Computerization and the Transformation of Work," "Social Relationships in Electronic Forums," "Privacy and Social Control," "System Safety and Social Vulnerabili~" and "Ethical Perspectives and Professional Responsibilities for Information and Computer Science Professionals." (For more information, see my review of this book in "Selecting a Computer Ethics Coursebook" in the December 1996 issue of Computersand Society.) The nights pass too, Only a mist remains; The lone programmer works on, The console reads ERROR. Joseph S. Fulda, CSE, Ph.D. (212) 927-0662 This poem won an Editor's Choice Award in the National Library of Poetry's 1994 open poetry contest. It placed in the top 3% of 15,000 entries judged and was published in Reflectionsof Light, an anthology published in 1995. Copyright © 1995, Joseph S. Fulda Bibliography on the Web Several books and articles have been added to the Computersand Society Bibliography since the last major installment of that bibliography appeared in this publication. For additional sources, see the online version of Computing, Ethics, and Social Responsibility: A Bibliography, available at: http://www.siu.edu/depart- ments/coba/mgmt/iswnet/isethics/biblio/ Please see also: • RecentArticles of Interest, p.5 • Recent Coursebooks,p.39 Computers and Society, June 1997 3'1

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