Frictionlessness the Silicon Valley philosophy of seamless technology and the aesthetic value of imperfection / Jakko Kemper.

Author/creator Kemper, Jakko
Format Electronic
Publication InfoNew York : Bloomsbury Academic, 2024.
Descriptionviii, 188 pages ; 23 cm.
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SeriesThinking/media
Contents The existential primacy of imperfection : autoimmunity, chronolibido, spectrality, and technology -- A pharmacology of frictionlessness : digital destructions and the frictional value of imperfection -- Silicon ashes to silicon ashes, digital dust to digital dust : chronolibido and technological finitude in GlitchHiker -- A death sentence decreed in binary code : the collapse of PAL and the spectral afterlives of technology -- Ghostly dreamworlds of consumption : Cat System Corp., Vaporwave, and tertiary retention -- Coda : on technological melancholia.
Abstract "An examination of the environmentally destructive digital design philosophy of frictionlessness and the critical significance of a technological aesthetic of imperfection"-- Provided by publisher.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references (pages 167-182) and index.
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LCCN 2023025568
ISBN9798765104415 (hardback)
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