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Eras of Computing One computer for many users One computer for each user Many computers for each user Thousands computers for each user 1960: Mainframe Era 1980: Personal Computer Era 2000: Mobility Era 2020+: Ubiquity Era Source: Abigail Sellen, Yvonne Rogers, Richard Harper, Tom Rodden: Reflecting human values in the digital age . Commun. ACM 52(3): 58-66 (2009)

Digital Ecosystems responsive disappearing ubiquitous intelligent

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EXPERIENCE ECONOMY Pine & Gilmore, 1999 TIME

ABSORPTION IMMERSION ACTIVE PARTICIPATION PASSIVE PARTICIPATION ENTERTAINMENT EDUCATIONAL ESCAPIST ESTHETIC EXPERIENCE ECONOMY - Pine & Gilmore, 1999

HEDONISTIC EUDAIMONISTIC EPICURUS ARISTOTLE PERSPECTIVES ON WELLBEING

Positive Psychology: the Science of Wellbeing

The goal of Positive Psychology Understanding what makes people: Happy Enjoy life Content Satisfied and fulfilled Emotionally stable Mentally healthy Functional Able to cope Successful Strong Understanding what makes people: Suffer Stressed Anxious Depressed Unhappy Angry Aggressive Violent Strange Mentally ill The goal of Psychology

Understanding what makes people:

Happy

Enjoy life

Content

Satisfied and fulfilled

Emotionally stable

Mentally healthy

Functional

Able to cope

Successful

Strong

Understanding what makes people:

Suffer

Stressed

Anxious

Depressed

Unhappy

Angry

Aggressive

Violent

Strange

Mentally ill

“ I think with technology , entertainment and design, we can actually increase the amount of tonnage of human happiness on the planet . And if technology can in the next decade or two increase the pleasant life , the good life and the meaningful life, it will be good enough” Martin Seligman Founder of Positive Psychology (TED Conference 2008)

“ I think with technology , entertainment and design, we can actually increase the amount of tonnage of human happiness on the planet .

And if technology can in the next decade or two increase the pleasant life , the good life and the meaningful life, it will be good enough”

Martin Seligman

Founder of Positive Psychology

(TED Conference 2008)

“ I can get totally into the music and not get self-conscious about dancing. I know that when I first start or if there is some distraction, or I’m conscious of the way I’m dancing, I don’t dance as well as when I’m really totally into the music….it’s something that just comes out in my body, ’cause I don’t usually think about the steps I’m going to do consciously.” FLOW Quote from a dancer, M. Csikszentmihalyi, 1975, p. 105

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Transformation of Flow Riva & Gaggioli, 2009

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AND THEY LIVED HAPPILY EVER AFTER (WITH TECHNOLOGY)