The Man Who Lied To His Laptop: What Machines Teach Us About Human Relationships
- 7h 46m 55s
- Clifford Nass, Corina Yen
- Gildan Media
- 2010
Books like Predictably Irrational and Sway have revolutionized how we view human behavior. Now, Stanford professor Clifford Nass has discovered a set of rules for effective human relationships, drawn from an unlikely source: his study of our interactions with computers.
Based on his decades of research, Nass demonstrates that-although we might deny it-we treat computers and other devices like people: we empathize with them, argue with them, form bonds with them. We even lie to them to protect their feelings.
In this Audiobook
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INTRODUCTION: Why I Study Computers to Uncover Social Strategies
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CHAPTER 1. Praise and Criticism
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CHAPTER 2. Personality
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CHAPTER 3. Teams and Team Building
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CHAPTER 4. Emotion
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CHAPTER 5. Persuasion
