The Man Who Lied to His Laptop: What Machines Teach Us about Human Relationships

By Clifford Nass and Corina Yen

Book Overview

Books like Predictably Irrational and Sway have revolutionised the way people view human behaviour. Now Professor Clifford Nass has discovered a set of rules for effective human relationships, drawn from an unlikely source: his study of people's interactions with computers. Based on decades of research, Nass demonstrates that people treat computers and other devices like people, empathising with them, arguing with them and forming bonds with them. Nass's discoveries provide nothing less than a new blueprint for successful human relationships.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1617230014
• ISBN13: 9781617230011
• Release Date: September 2010
• Publisher: Current
• Length: 230 Pages
• Weight: 1.00 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.6" x 9.4"
• Age Range: 18 years and up
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher