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The Second Self
by Sherry Turkle
Turkle's 1984 study of computers and the self: children, hackers, how machines became objects to think with. The founding text of her life's work.
Read it if…
you want the origins of thinking about computers and identity.
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Skip it if…
you want current social media analysis.
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Three things you will actually use
- Machines are evocative objects.
- Identity is shaped by tools.
- Observe closely.
Do this first
Read the chapters on children.
Our verdict
Turkle begins.
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