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Most of the slaves, who were thus unconditionally freed, returned without any solicitation to their former masters, to serve them, at stated wages; as free men. The work, which they now did, was found to better done than before.
Ithiel de Sola Pool
Born: October 26, 1917
Died: 1984 (aged 66)
Bio: Ithiel de Sola Pool was a revolutionary figure in the field of social sciences. Pool led groundbreaking research on technology and its effects on society.
Known for:
- Technologies of Freedom (1983)
- Forecasting the Telephone (1983)
- Politics in wired nations
- Symbols of democracy (1952)