The User Illusion: Cutting Consciousness Down to Size by Tor Nørretranders
The User Illusion: Cutting Consciousness Down to Size

Tor Nørretranders

The User Illusion: Cutting Consciousness Down to Size

Tor Nørretranders with Tor Nørretranders

480 pages first pub 1991 (editions)

nonfiction philosophy psychology science informative reflective slow-paced
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The "user illusion" in computing is the desktop graphical user interface (GUI): the friendly, comprehensible illusion presented to the user to conceal all the bouncing bits and bytes that do the actual work. Tor Nørretranders writes that "our cons...

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