Close to the Machine: Technophilia and Its Discontents

Close to the Machine: Technophilia and Its Discontents

With a New Introduction by Jaron Lanier

A Salon Best Book of the Year

In 1997, the computer was still a relatively new tool---a sleek and unforgiving machine that was beyond the grasp of most users. W…

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