The Algorithmic Other - Caitlin Morris
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Parenting apps, Martin Buber, and how technology reshapes our expectations of each other
In Margery Williams’ The Velveteen Rabbit, the worn Skin Horse explains what it means to become Real. “Real isn’t how you are made,” he says to the Rabbit. “It’s a thing that happens to you. When a child loves you for a long, long time, not just to play with, but REALLY loves you, then you become Real.” “Does it hurt?” asked the Rabbit. “Sometimes,” said the Skin Horse, for he was always truthful. “When you are Real you don’t mind being hurt.” Realness, in their world, is something that emerges through relationship: through a specific being engaging with you over time, not perfectly, not…
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