Power Button: A History of Pleasure, Panic, and the Politics of Pushing (The MIT Press) by Rachel Plotnick
English | August 31st, 2018 | ISBN: 0262038234 | 424 Pages | EPUB | 3.93 MB
Push a button and turn on the television; tap a button and get a ride; click a button and “like” something. The touch of a finger can set an appliance, a car, or a system in motion, even if the user doesn't understand the underlying mechanisms or algorithms. How did buttons become so ubiquitous? Why do people love them, loathe them, and fear them?