Our Computers Are Part of Who We Are

A German philosopher proposed a long time ago that the tools people used tended to be perceived as being an integrated part of their personality. Until now, there has been no way for scientists to test the validity of this statement, but researchers managed recently to devise a deceptively si... [ read more >> ]

Martin Heidegger was the first to propose that we use our tools as extensions of our selves

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Martin Heidegger was the first to propose that we use our tools as extensions of our selves