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Katie (Kathryn) Conrad's avatar

Nice post. I particularly appreciate your reminding people of Turkle’s Alone Together, although I would say that the smart phone component – the second half of the book – is less interesting than the first half, which talks about computers as social actors, what we consider “alive,” and whether robotic social replacements are considered not so much good, but “good enough.” I keep returning to her insights and research and examples more than a decade later— and to the comment of the child considering whether there should be a robotic caregiver for the elderly, “don’t we have people for these jobs?”

Quite relevant to the current moment.

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Aki Järvinen's avatar

Thank you bringing Wendell Berry to my attention! I’d like to think my newly launched substack explores themes similar to yours.

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