Herzog, B.B.Herzog2022-03-032022-03-032001https://publica.fraunhofer.de/handle/publica/199465It is generally accepted that the current state of information technology, especially as epitomized by its most widely distributed products, is less than optimal if not down-right bad. This essay seeks to offer a proposal for althering the situation and hopes that colleagues at this workshop will add their insights either to reject the initial assumption (unlikely) or, more likely, to refine or replace the proposal.en006book article