The body digital : a brief history of humans and machines from cuckoo clocks to ChatGPT / Vanessa Chang.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Chang, Vanessa, 1969- author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Technology--Social aspects.

Technology.

Technological innovations--History.

Technological innovations.

Human beings--Effect of technological innovations on.

Human beings.

Technology and civilization.

Physical Description:

xix, 232 pages ; 21 cm

Other Title:

Brief history of humans and machines from cuckoo clocks to ChatGPT

Place of Publication:

Brooklyn : Melville House, 2025.

Summary:

"A dazzling tour of the history of technology and its complex relationship to the human body. What is the relationship between our bodies and our senses and technology? In today's world of blinding technological change, of artificial intelligence and deepfakes and Chat GPT, it is easy to forget that we have always had complicated relations with technology--whether that technology is computers, player pianos, and even eyeglasses. In this wide-ranging and fascinating study, Vanessa Chang takes us on a historical tour of the interactions between our bodies and machines, showing that the advent of new technologies has always been met with varied reactions, from misplaced fear to tragic over-optimism. The result is cultural critique of the highest order and a profound demonstration of the eternal truth that in order to understand the future, we must look to the past."-- Melville House.

Contents:

Hand

Voice

Ear

Eye

Foot

Body

Mind.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references.

ISBN:

9781685891978

1685891977

OCLC:

1530165774

Publisher Number:

90102997842