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Sherry Turkle

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Description:In The Second Self, Sherry Turkle looks at the computer not as a "tool," but as partof our social and psychological lives; she looks beyond how we use computer games and spreadsheetsto explore how the computer affects our awareness of ourselves, of one another, and of ourrelationship with the world. "Technology," she writes, "catalyzes changes not only in what we do butin how we think." First published in 1984, The Second Self is still essential reading as a primer inthe psychology of computation. This twentieth anniversary edition allows us to reconsider twodecades of computer culture--to (re)experience what was and is most novel in our new media cultureand to view our own contemporary relationship with technology with fresh eyes. Turkle frames thisclassic work with a new introduction, a new epilogue, and extensive notes added to the originaltext.Turkle talks to children, college students, engineers, AI scientists, hackers, and personalcomputer owners--people confronting machines that seem to think and at the same time suggest a newway for us to think--about human thought, emotion, memory, and understanding. Her interviews revealthat we experience computers as being on the border between inanimate and animate, as both anextension of the self and part of the external world. Their special place betwixt and betweentraditional categories is part of what makes them compelling and evocative. (In the introduction tothis edition, Turkle quotes a PDA user as saying, "When my Palm crashed, it was like a death. Ithought I had lost my mind.") Why we think of the workings of a machine in psychological terms--howthis happens, and what it means for all of us--is the ever more timely subject of The SecondSelf.We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with The Second Self: Computers and the Human Spirit (The MIT Press). To get started finding The Second Self: Computers and the Human Spirit (The MIT Press), you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed.
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Description: In The Second Self, Sherry Turkle looks at the computer not as a "tool," but as partof our social and psychological lives; she looks beyond how we use computer games and spreadsheetsto explore how the computer affects our awareness of ourselves, of one another, and of ourrelationship with the world. "Technology," she writes, "catalyzes changes not only in what we do butin how we think." First published in 1984, The Second Self is still essential reading as a primer inthe psychology of computation. This twentieth anniversary edition allows us to reconsider twodecades of computer culture--to (re)experience what was and is most novel in our new media cultureand to view our own contemporary relationship with technology with fresh eyes. Turkle frames thisclassic work with a new introduction, a new epilogue, and extensive notes added to the originaltext.Turkle talks to children, college students, engineers, AI scientists, hackers, and personalcomputer owners--people confronting machines that seem to think and at the same time suggest a newway for us to think--about human thought, emotion, memory, and understanding. Her interviews revealthat we experience computers as being on the border between inanimate and animate, as both anextension of the self and part of the external world. Their special place betwixt and betweentraditional categories is part of what makes them compelling and evocative. (In the introduction tothis edition, Turkle quotes a PDA user as saying, "When my Palm crashed, it was like a death. Ithought I had lost my mind.") Why we think of the workings of a machine in psychological terms--howthis happens, and what it means for all of us--is the ever more timely subject of The SecondSelf.We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with The Second Self: Computers and the Human Spirit (The MIT Press). To get started finding The Second Self: Computers and the Human Spirit (The MIT Press), you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed.
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