Of simulation and dissimulation

Sherry Turkle is Abby Rockefeller Mauz Professor of the Social Studies of Science and Technology in the Program in Science Technology and Society at MIT and the founder 2001 and current director of the MIT Initiative on Technology and Self Professor Turkle received a joint doctorate in sociology and personality psychology from Harvard University and is a licensed clinical psychologist. Simulation and Its Discontents pdf Professor Turkle writes on the subjective side of peoples relationships with technology especially computers She is an expert on mobile technology social networking and sociable robotics Profiles of Professor Turkle have appeared in such publications as The New York Times Scientific American and Wired Magazine She has been named woman of the Sherry Turkle is Abby Rockefeller Mauz Professor of the Social Studies of Science and Technology in the Program in Science Technology and Society at MIT and the founder 2001 and current director of the MIT Initiative on Technology and Self Professor Turkle received a joint doctorate in sociology and personality psychology from Harvard University and is a licensed clinical psychologist. Simulation and Its Discontents kindle books Professor Turkle writes on the subjective side of people s relationships with technology especially computers She is an expert on mobile technology social networking and sociable robotics Profiles of Professor Turkle have appeared in such publications as The New York Times Scientific American and Wired Magazine She has been named woman of the year by Ms Magazine and among the forty under forty who are changing the nation by Esquire Magazine She is a featured media commentator on the social and psychological effects of technology for CBS NBC ABC CNN the BBC and NPR including appearances on such programs as Nightline Frontline 20 20 and The Colbert Report site_link How the simulation and visualization technologies so pervasive in science engineering and design have changed our way of seeing the world Over the past twenty years the technologies of simulation and visualization have changed our ways of looking at the world In Simulation and Its Discontents Sherry Turkle examines the now dominant medium of our working lives and finds that simulation has become its own sensibility We hear it in Turkle s description of architecture students who no longer design with a pencil of science and engineering students who admit that computer models seem real than experiments in physical laboratories Echoing architect Louis Kahn s famous question What does a brick want Turkle asks What does simulation want Simulations want even demand immersion and the benefits are clear Architects create buildings unimaginable before virtual design scientists determine the structure of molecules by manipulating them in virtual space physicians practice anatomy on digitized humans But immersed in simulation we are vulnerable There are losses as well as gains Older scientists describe a younger generation as drunk with code Young scientists engineers and designers full citizens of the virtual scramble to capture their mentors tacit knowledge of buildings and bodies From both sides of a generational divide there is anxiety that in simulation something important is slipping away Turkle s examination of simulation over the past twenty years is followed by four in depth investigations of contemporary simulation culture space exploration oceanography architecture and biology Simulation and Its DiscontentsI really enjoyed this book Incredibly accessible yet rooted in the complex problem of living and working within a society that functions on simulation algorithm and mechanical reproduction Turkle has a fascinating way through anecdote to bring an important discussion to the forefront I only wish she had titled it something else so that it would appeal to a broader audience who could value greatly from a clearer understanding of how science in society works This book isn t just for academics but it appears that way from the cover 0262012707