Re: [OT] reading recommendations?

[Eric Abrahamsen <eric@ericabrahamsen.net>]

Rusi <rustompmody@gmail.com> writes:

> On Thursday, December 18, 2014 6:18:23 AM UTC+5:30, Eric Abrahamsen wrote:
>> Damien Wyart writes:
>> 
>> > * Eric Abrahamsen  in gnu.emacs.help:
>> >> I'm looking for reading recommendations, for books about tool use.
>> >> Specifically: discussions about how the human sense of self (physical,
>> >> and social) is extended and altered by the presence and use of tools.
>> >> You've heard the sociologist's observation that, when drivers gets
>> >> rear-ended, they don't usually say "that car hit my car", but instead,
>> >> "that car hit ME". That sort of thing. Readings based in neurology,
>> >> philosophy, sociology -- anything would be great.
>> >
>> > Here are some suggestions (links to Amazon are for convenience only,
>> > I am not affiliated with them):
>> >
>> > http://www.amazon.com/The-Second-Self-Computers-Spirit/dp/0262701111/
>> > http://www.amazon.com/Life-Screen-Identity-Age-Internet/dp/0684833484/
>> > http://www.amazon.com/Evocative-Objects-Things-Think-With/dp/0262516772/
>> > http://www.amazon.com/Inner-History-Devices-Sherry-Turkle/dp/0262516756/
>> >
>> > http://www.amazon.com/Smarter-Than-You-Think-Technology/dp/0143125826/
>> > http://www.amazon.com/Shallows-What-Internet-Doing-Brains/dp/0393339750/
>> > http://www.amazon.com/The-Glass-Cage-Automation-Us/dp/0393240762/
>> >
>> > http://www.amazon.com/The-Metaphysics-Technology-David-Skrbina/dp/0415716624/
>> >
>> > http://cje.oxfordjournals.org/content/34/1/17.extract
>> > http://www.scaruffi.com/mind/gregory.html
>> > http://ubiquity.acm.org/article.cfm?id=1670827
>> > http://cje.oxfordjournals.org/content/34/1/1.extract
>> > http://files.eric.ed.gov/fulltext/ED178395.pdf
>> 
>> Good lord, that will keep me going for a year! I knew this was the right
>> place to come. Thanks very much to you, Óscar, and off-list responders.
>
> Yes -- good stuff. Thanks Eric for asking the question.
>
> Can you share the suggestions you seem to have received off-list
> answers as well?

The only off-list suggestion that wasn't also made on-list was Marshall
McLuhan. I've browsed through these things very lightly, and so far the
one that looks like it might be closest to what I was after is the David
Skrbina, "The Metaphysics and Technology", except holy crap it's a $100
KINDLE EBOOK. $100 is such a nice, round, "go away we don't want you to
read this" number.

Eric