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Devices of the Soul: Battling for Our Selves in an Age of Machines
Steve Talbott
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| #1298582 in Books | 2007-05-07 | Original language:English | PDF # 1 | 8.50 x1.17 x5.50l,1.03 | File type: PDF | 287 pages||14 of 16 people found the following review helpful.| Celebrate the Other.|By Douglas Rowe|This fine book is unusual in so many ways! O'Reilly is generally known as the publisher of authoritative technology study and reference books with animals on the covers. This book, however, has much more to say to the individual about themselves than any technology they may be interested in learning.
First, let me say that thi|From Publishers Weekly|From the very first chapter, which presents a creative re-reading of Homer's Odyssey, author and professor Talbott (In the Belly of the Beast) takes his elegant treatise on technology and humanity in some surprising, discipline-hopping dir
"Self-forgetfulness is the reigning temptation of the technological era. This is why we so readily give our assent to the absurd proposition that a computer can add two plus two, despite the obvious fact that it can do nothing of the sort--not if we have in mind anything remotely resembling what we do when we add numbers. In the computer's case, the mechanics of addition involve no motivation, no consciousness of the task, no mobilization of the will, no metabolic act...
You can specify the type of files you want, for your device.Devices of the Soul: Battling for Our Selves in an Age of Machines | Steve Talbott. I have read it a couple of times and even shared with my family members. Really good. Couldnt put it down.
