Close to the Machine: Technophilia and Its Discontents by Ellen Ullman

Close to the Machine: Technophilia and Its Discontents

Ellen Ullman

189 pages first pub 1997 (editions)

nonfiction autobiography biography memoir science technology challenging informative reflective slow-paced

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With a New Introduction by Jaron Lanier A Salon Best Book of the Year In 1997, the computer was still a relatively new tool---a sleek and unforgiving machine that was beyond the grasp of most users. With intimate and unflinching detail, software e...

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