Enjoying Machines

by Oskar Juhlin and Barry Brown

An argument that pleasure is a fundamental part of why we use technology, and a framework for understanding the relationship between pleasure and technology.

The dominant feature of modern technology is not how productive it makes us, or how it has revolutionized the workplace, but how enjoyable it is. We take pleasure in our devices, from smartphones to personal computers to televisions. Whole classes of leisure activities rely on...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0262028786
• ISBN13: 9780262028783
• Release Date: January 2015
• Publisher: MIT Press
• Length: 232 Pages
• Weight: 1.00 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.2" x 9.3"
• Age Range: 18 years and up
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher