Robert Willim, "Mundania: How and Where Technologies Are Made Ordinary" (Bristol UP, 2024)
New Books in Sociology
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Exploring Opacity and Transparency in Technology Design
The chapter delves into how certain technologies are intentionally designed with opacity, simplifying user interaction but limiting understanding. It discusses the historical examples and metaphors of glass to illustrate the interplay between transparency and complexity in technological design.
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