Rafael(bobeirasa) Lopes
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“So, in this book, I have spun a long tale of belief in the opposites of computationalism, the noosphere, the Singularity, web 2.0, the long tail, and all the rest. I hope the volume of my contrarianism will foster an alternative mental environment, where the exciting opportunity to start creating a new digital humanism can begin.”
― You Are Not A Gadget
― You Are Not A Gadget
“You Are Not a Gadget argues that certain specific, popular internet designs of the moment—not the internet as a whole—tend to pull us into life patterns that gradually degrade the ways in which each of us exists as an individual.”
― You Are Not A Gadget
― You Are Not A Gadget
“You Need Culture to Even Perceive Information Technology”
― You Are Not A Gadget
― You Are Not A Gadget
“Different media designs stimulate different potentials in human nature.”
― You Are Not A Gadget
― You Are Not A Gadget
“The Most Important Thing About a Technology Is How It Changes People When I work with experimental digital gadgets, like new variations on virtual reality, in a lab environment, I am always reminded of how small changes in the details of a digital design can have profound unforeseen effects on the experiences of the humans who are playing with it. The slightest change in something as seemingly trivial as the ease of use of a button can sometimes completely alter behavior patterns.”
― You Are Not A Gadget
― You Are Not A Gadget
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