Scope and Contents Greg Thompson welcomes the audience and introduces the topic of the lecture series, technology and the quality of life. Arthur K. Smith introduces the speaker, Alan Ashton, cofounder of WordPerfect. Ashton speaks about the success of WordPerfect, beginning with two ideas for computer research projects that he pitched to his professors as a student. The first one accepted was a computer music program that he developed as a graduate. He screens a demonstration of how it worked. Nine...