Back in the summer I suggested to my editor that it would be really nice to be able to have James Burke write a foreword for Pandora’s Box. Having provided suitable words for an approach I left it with the editors to contact his agent and see if he was willing to do so. I received my author copies of the book today and was really pleased to find that James Burke had written the foreword, and there is a quote from him on the back cover:

I.T. has triggered complex social, political, economic and ethical issues that need urgent action if we are to survive the coming decades of unprecedented technological change. This book is a must-read for all those who want to understand the issues or, more important, want to help in their resolution.

In the foreword he calls the book “lucid and comprehensive”.
James Burke’s socio-technical TV programmes and books (particularly Connections and The Day the Universe Changed) were a major influence on my interest in this area, so it’s particularly gratifying to me to have his imprimature on our book.