Handling things that handle us
Things get to know who we are and tie us down to who we were
Gransche, B.: Handling things that handle us. Things get to know who we are and tie us down to who we were, in: Wiltse, H. (Hg.): Relating to Things That Relate to Us. London/ Oxford: Bloomsbury (im Erscheinen, vorauss. 14. Mai 2020).


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Several developments are contributing to a new kind of human-technology relation in which things (systems) gain technological autonomy and learn how to handle ‘users’. Thus, the role of human actors can gradually shift from active agents to passive participants of systemic processes.
(Bruno Gransche)