"An additional strength of The Marvelous Clouds is that Peters didn’t set out to write an..."

“An additional strength of The Marvelous Clouds is that Peters didn’t set out to write an Internet-Is-Good/Bad book like Turkle did. This allows his criticisms of new devices and his championing of “live presence” to be far more persuasive, balanced by not seeing technology as essentially less real or authentic or human, as Turkle does. Indeed, the best case for digital disconnection is made by those most skeptical of the disconnectionists”

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Need A Last Minute Gift? How About A Tech Book That Isn’t Dualist (via nathanjurgenson)

I guess I need to read this one.

from Stowe Boyd http://stoweboyd.com/post/135773030662