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American broadcaster, journalist and social psychologist who writes about the social side of technology; presenter of BBC Radio 4's The Digital Human; author of Untangling the Web.
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Life on the ScreenBook Sherry Turkle
With a book by a professor at MIT called Sherry Turkle: Life on the Screen: Identity in the Age of the Internet, which was published in 1995.
Five Books interview: the best books on Virtual Living
2015-06-25·fivebooks.com ↗
My Tiny LifeBook Julian Dibbell
It’s called My Tiny Life by a journalist called Julian Dibbell, who is a fascinating observer of online communities.
Five Books interview: the best books on Virtual Living
2015-06-25·fivebooks.com ↗
Snow CrashBook Neal Stephenson
That’s why I like Snow Crash so much: because it exposed that phenomenon of what they were thinking and what they do, and the pure data that they have access to.
Five Books interview: the best books on Virtual Living
2015-06-25·fivebooks.com ↗
NeuromancerBook William Gibson
Neuromancer by William Gibson is the seminal cyberpunk book: it’s the thing that the web is based on.
Five Books interview: the best books on Virtual Living
2015-06-25·fivebooks.com ↗
Six Degrees: The Science of a Connected AgeBook Duncan J. Watts
Six Degrees: The Science of a Connected Age by Duncan Watts, who until recently was at Columbia University – he’s now at Yahoo Research.
Five Books interview: the best books on Virtual Living
2015-06-25·fivebooks.com ↗
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