Close to the Machine: Technophilia and Its Discontents

by Ellen Ullman

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In this candid memoir, Ellen Ullman offers an intimate look at life as a software engineer during the burgeoning dot-com era. She navigates the seductive, abstract world of code and algorithms, grappling with the profound social and philosophical implications of her work. Ullman explores the tension between the logical precision of machines and the messy realities of human desire, love, and connection. Ultimately, she reveals cyberculture not as a predetermined future, but as a vulnerable human creation, prompting readers to question where technology is truly taking us.

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City Lights Books

Published Jan 1, 1997

189 pages

ISBN: 9780872863323

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1997

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