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Life on the Screen
by Sherry Turkle
Identity in the age of the internet, 1995: MUDs, multiple selves, simulation. Optimistic Turkle before Alone Together.
Read it if…
you want early internet identity theory.
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Skip it if…
you want her later warnings.
Try instead: The Empathy Diaries →
Three things you will actually use
- Identity can be multiple.
- Simulation shapes thought.
- The net was once playful.
Do this first
Read the chapters on multiple selves.
Our verdict
Turkle on identity.
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