Ithiel de Sola Pool, Date of Birth, Date of Death
TweetIthiel de Sola Pool
American social scientist
Date of Birth: 26-Oct-1917
Date of Death: 01-Jan-1984
Profession: social scientist
Nationality: United States
Zodiac Sign: Scorpio 
About Ithiel de Sola Pool
- Ithiel de Sola Pool (October 26, 1917 – March 11, 1984) was a revolutionary figure in the field of social sciences.
- Pool led groundbreaking research on technology and its effects on society.
- He coined the term "convergence" to describe the effect of various scientific innovations on society in a futuristic world.
- In the course of his career, he would make startlingly accurate predictions about technology and society.
- In Pool's 1983 book, Technologies of Freedom he described the modes of technology.
- Digital electronics present convergence between historically separated modes of communication.
- Theater, news events, and speaking are all increasingly delivered electronically.
- These modes of communicating ideas are becoming one single grand system.
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