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Dying with smartphones - the anthropology of our relationship with machines.
'Dying with smartphones' by Daniel Miller "The hospice movement has grown up respecting that most people want to die in their own homes, even when they are living alone. But where is that home?"
"We have witnessed how smartphones are becoming part of us, rather than simply something we use. Humanity has always been fascinated by visions of anthropomorphic machines, whether robots or cyborgs, partly on the more superficial grounds of appearance. A smartphone looks not one iota like a person, but connects with us through intimacy rather than appearance."
Source: commissiononthevalueofdeath.wordpress.com
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