ignite toronto 2: designing for social selves

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Designing Technology for Social Selves Ignite Toronto November 25, 2009

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My presentation from Ignite Toronto 2, where I talk about how biology doesn't explain "the self," and technology should accommodate not just biology but the social.

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Designing Technology for Social Selves

Ignite TorontoNovember 25, 2009

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What is a “self”?

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Our bodies ≠ Our selves

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Victor, The Wild Child of Aveyron

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The “I” and the “Me”

The “I”

The “Me”

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The “I” and the “Me”

The “I”

The “Me”

The “Generalized Other”

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Which brings us to technology design…

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Design for selves, not bodies

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Features selves might need

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