A must read, if you ask me: Child­hood’s End, by George Dyson.

‘Most of us, most of the time, are fol­low­ing instruc­tions deliv­ered to us by com­put­ers rather than the oth­er way around. The dig­i­tal rev­o­lu­tion has come full cir­cle and the next rev­o­lu­tion, an ana­log rev­o­lu­tion, has begun. None dare speak its name.’