From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Eric Abrahamsen Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.help Subject: Re: [OT] reading recommendations? Date: Thu, 18 Dec 2014 08:53:50 +0800 Message-ID: <87r3vxn5gh.fsf@ericabrahamsen.net> References: <54917218$0$1972$426a74cc@news.free.fr> NNTP-Posting-Host: plane.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-Trace: ger.gmane.org 1418863716 13292 80.91.229.3 (18 Dec 2014 00:48:36 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Thu, 18 Dec 2014 00:48:36 +0000 (UTC) To: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org Original-X-From: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Thu Dec 18 01:48:32 2014 Return-path: Envelope-to: geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([208.118.235.17]) by plane.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1Y1PGZ-0007qi-Bn for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Thu, 18 Dec 2014 01:48:31 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1]:52080 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1Y1PGY-00008U-J6 for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Wed, 17 Dec 2014 19:48:30 -0500 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::10]:53991) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1Y1PGK-00007J-Js for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Wed, 17 Dec 2014 19:48:20 -0500 Original-Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1Y1PGG-0005LE-2q for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Wed, 17 Dec 2014 19:48:16 -0500 Original-Received: from plane.gmane.org ([80.91.229.3]:33436) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1Y1PGF-0005L2-RZ for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Wed, 17 Dec 2014 19:48:11 -0500 Original-Received: from list by plane.gmane.org with local (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1Y1PG9-0007k2-9X for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Thu, 18 Dec 2014 01:48:06 +0100 Original-Received: from 114.248.5.200 ([114.248.5.200]) by main.gmane.org with esmtp (Gmexim 0.1 (Debian)) id 1AlnuQ-0007hv-00 for ; Thu, 18 Dec 2014 01:48:05 +0100 Original-Received: from eric by 114.248.5.200 with local (Gmexim 0.1 (Debian)) id 1AlnuQ-0007hv-00 for ; Thu, 18 Dec 2014 01:48:05 +0100 X-Injected-Via-Gmane: http://gmane.org/ Original-Lines: 36 Original-X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org X-Gmane-NNTP-Posting-Host: 114.248.5.200 User-Agent: Gnus/5.130012 (Ma Gnus v0.12) Emacs/25.0.50 (gnu/linux) Cancel-Lock: sha1:URZV7cnzUHZu8zcNe9TnH4OxFu8= X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: Genre and OS details not recognized. X-Received-From: 80.91.229.3 X-BeenThere: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.14 Precedence: list List-Id: Users list for the GNU Emacs text editor List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Original-Sender: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.help:101647 Archived-At: 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. Cheers, Eric