Being Virtual

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TechKnow Curious about technology? want to join the discussion on how it will affect our futures? If so, this series will get you up to spped with the most thought-provoking issues of the day and leave you wanting more. Each book brings to life a particular area of technology and takes an informal, sometimes controversial but always challenging look at where we are now, where future developments will take us - and how they will affect us as individuals and as a society. Peppered with real-life stories from across the globe and interviews with those at the cutting edge, these books, will fuel your mind and get you thinking beyond the technology headlines! www.danacentre.org.uk/techknow The Dana is the Science Museum's purpose-built, adults-only venue for interactive events that explore how advances in contemporary science, technology, engineering and medicine impact on our culture and society. Every week the Dana Centre hosts events which bring together experts from many disciplines, including art, history and sociology, as well as science and technology. Their viewpoints are contrasted with personal opinions to provide different and often controversial perspectives on issues that affect us all.
In Being Virtual, Davey Winder looks at how an increasing number of us are living part-real, part-virtual lives, and how it affects who we are. He looks at the opportunities and dangers that a virtual identity offers us, how we juggle our real and online lives, and what happens when one spills over into the other... In this book he uses his own personal experiences to bring the issues to life, and backs them up with the real-life stories of others and opinion from the experts. Along the way, he looks at some fascinating questions such as: Are you a virtual liar? What happens when our virtual and real worlds colide? What real world rights do you have as a virtual citizen? Is it really possible to fall in love with someone you have never met? Is it possible to have any secrets in such a connected world? Discover. Question. Provoke.

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