The deadly embrace is high-tech slang for when the computer freezes up and refuses to respond to commands. In another kind of deadly embrace many people freeze up with fear when they are introduced to computers and other high-tech machinery. In Humanizing the Computer: A Cure for the Deadly Embrace Doug Flaherty helps readers get rid of those fears with a fascinating nontechnical collection of articles that demystifies the machine. Humanizing the Computer includes articles on many current computer-related topics including: Computer literacy and the high-tech revolution in education, The history of the computer and the race to develop the super chip, Engineering aspects of the microcomputer in nontechnical language, Computers in the arts and sciences, How people talk to computers and how computers talk to each other, Computer crime violence ethics and politics, Computer in business, Robotics and artificial intelligence, Computer fiction and humor that explores the theme of humans in conflict with computers and robots.