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Positive Computing: Technology for Wellbeing and Human Potential

Calvo, Rafael A., Peters, Dorian·2014·The MIT Press eBooks

DOI 10.7551/mitpress/9764.001.0001

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A case for building a digital environment that can make us happier and healthier, not just more productive, and a theoretical framework for doing so. On the eve of Google's IPO in 2004, Larry Page and Sergey Brin vowed not to be evil. Today, a growing number of technologists would go further, trying to ensure that their work actively improves people's lives. Technology, so pervasive and ubiquitous, has the capacity to increase stress and suffering; but it also has the less-heralded potential to improve the well-being of individuals, society, and the planet. In this book, Rafael Calvo and Dorian Peters investigate what they term “positive computing”—the design and development of technology to support psychological well-being and human potential. Calvo and Peters explain that technologists' growing interest in social good is part of a larger public concern about how our digital experience affects our emotions and our quality of life—which itself reflects an emerging focus on humanistic values in many different disciplines. Synthesizing theory, knowledge, and empirical methodologies from a variety of fields, they offer a rigorous and coherent foundational framework for positive computing. Sidebars by experts from psychology, neuroscience, human–computer interaction, and other disciplines supply essential context. Calvo and Peters examine specific well-being factors, including positive emotions, self-awareness, mindfulness, empathy, and compassion, and explore how technology can support these factors. Finally, they offer suggestions for future research and funding. Sidebars Timothy N. Bickmore, Jeremy Bailenson, danah boyd, Jane Burns, David R. Caruso, Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi, Felicia Huppert, Mary-Helen Immordino-Yang, Adele Krusche and J. Mark G. Williams, Jane McGonigal, Jonathan Nicholas, Don Norman, Yvonne Rogers

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Authors: Calvo, R. A., & Peters, D.
ORCID: Calvo, Rafael A.
Peters, Dorian
Venue: The MIT Press eBooks
Publisher: The MIT Press
Published: 2014-11-28
DOI: 10.7551/mitpress/9764.001.0001
OpenAlex: W4249654063
Cited by: 376
References: 0
Citations by year: 2026: 51 · 2025: 42 · 2024: 24 · 2023: 39 · 2022: 35 · 2021: 34 · 2020: 35 · 2019: 25 · 2018: 31 · 2017: 23 · 2016: 24 · 2015: 9 · 2014: 2
FWCI: 14.14
Type: book
Language: en
Open access: closed
Locations: The MIT Press eBooks (publishedVersion)
Topics: Physical Sciences › Computer Science › Human-Computer Interaction › Innovative Human-Technology Interaction
Social Sciences › Psychology › Applied Psychology › Digital Mental Health Interventions
Social Sciences › Psychology › Social Psychology › Psychological Well-being and Life Satisfaction
Keywords: positive computing, psychological well-being, positive emotions, self-awareness, mindfulness, empathy, compassion, humanistic values, quality of life, human-computer interaction, emotion regulation

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