Chapter 9. Reshaping Everyday Life
The Multifaceted Me
Supporting a Whole New Life for Each of Us
Each individual has multiple relationships with others and various groups or organizations. In some sense, each person is many people and also a member of many activities. The physical world largely separates these roles in time and space. Well-conceived me-centric computing unifies these facets into one holistic context, aggregates the experiences into a me-centric stream, and allows us to be more people, in more places, even all at once.
This isn’t likely to be a small change. It’s likely to make us feel both more powerful and more connected, and at the same time more liberated from the physical anchors of the past. Combining both the multifaceted ...
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