1. “Our dependence on objects is not only
physical but also, more important,
psychological. Most of the things we
make these days do not make life better
in any material sense but instead serve
to stabilize and order the mind (22).”
-Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi from “Why We Need Things”
2. how does touch,
when brought into
the digital world,
affect our choices
within that world?
9. pros cons
1. allows reflection 1. yet another object to
based on sense of clutter your life
touch
2. adds barrier to
2. creates a tangible sending email
digital reaction
3. adds character to 3. user reaches out to
your desk area touch, yet doesn’t
receive the same touch
touch incredibly important - not just for us to stay safe (don’t touch boiling water), but for us to have a full-bodied emotion\ninfants deprived of touch are often worse off than those who are abused\nhaptic technology: a tactile feedback technology that takes advantage of a user's sense of touch by applying forces, vibrations, and/or motions to the user\n
