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"On the eve of Google's IPO [Initial Public Offering] in 2004, Larry Page and Sergey Brin vowed not to be evil. Today, a growing number of technologists would go further, trying to ensure that their work actively improves people's lives. Technology, so pervasive and ubiquitous, has the capacity to increase stress and suffering; but it also has the less-heralded potential to improve the well-being of individuals, society, and the planet. In this book, Rafael Calvo and Dorian Peters investigate what they term "positive computing"--The design and development of technology to support…
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2 editions- Other · English · 2014The MIT Press · 288 pages · 9780262028158
- Other · English · 2014MIT Press · 298 pages · 9780262325677
NeurosciencesPositive psychologyWell-beingHuman-computer interactionSocial aspectsComputersTechnologyComputers, social aspects