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Buttons give the illusion of power but hide the consequences
Category: Society & Culture
Duration: 00:54:08
Publish Date: 2025-11-14 20:10:00
Description:

Whether mechanical or digital, a button delivers the promise of power — but it's far from simple. The small and mighty technology has a riveting history, a story of control, power, freedom and oppression. From the podcast Media Objects, this episode traces the evolution of the button, and asks what happens when every command is reduced to a single press.
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