{"product_id":"human-error-species-being-and-media-machines-paperback","title":"Human Error: Species-Being and Media Machines - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eDominic Pettman\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhat exactly is the human element separating humans from animals and machines? The common answers that immediately come to mind--like art, empathy, or technology--fall apart under close inspection. Dominic Pettman argues that it is a mistake to define such rigid distinctions in the first place, and the most decisive \"human error\" may be the ingrained impulse to understand ourselves primarily in contrast to our other worldly companions. \u003cbr\u003eIn \u003ci\u003eHuman Error\u003c\/i\u003e, Pettman describes the three sides of the cybernetic triangle--human, animal, and machine--as a rubric for understanding key figures, texts, and sites where our species-being is either reinforced or challenged by our relationship to our own narcissistic technologies. Consequently, species-being has become a matter of \u003ci\u003especious\u003c\/i\u003e-being, in which the idea of humanity is not only a case of mistaken identity but indeed the mistake of identity. \u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eHuman Error\u003c\/i\u003e boldly insists on the necessity of relinquishing our anthropomorphism but also on the extreme difficulty of doing so, given how deeply this attitude is bound with all our other most cherished beliefs about forms of life.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eDominic Pettman is associate professor of culture and media at New School University.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 360\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.8 x 8.4 x 5.5 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e April 15, 2011\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52138438885607,"sku":"9780816672998","price":50.4,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0793\/8329\/8279\/files\/ae0d9fecc1e2351f2523276ce398ef96.webp?v=1780263803","url":"https:\/\/skinnonsmooth.myshopify.com\/products\/human-error-species-being-and-media-machines-paperback","provider":"SkinnOnSmooth","version":"1.0","type":"link"}