Digital Rings of Power: How Your Software Infiltrates Your Thoughts
The Subtle Influence of Philosophy, Aesthetics, and Features in Software + How You Can Fight Back Against the Silent Shapers
» Men have become the tools of their tools. « — H.D. Thoreau, 18541
We like to believe we are the masters of the tools we wield. Yet, over 150 years ago, Thoreau suggested otherwise, and this sentiment resonates today more than ever. Technology has seeped deep into our lives; it is now essential to our existence.
I don’t know about you, but I indeed somet…