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This is an excellent addition to the growing body of work in the philosophy of technology. If you have read work by Don Ihde, Albert Borgmann, Bruno Latour, and/or Martin Heidegger then you are sure to appreciate Verbeek's synthesis of these authors into what he calls a "postphenomenolgy" of material technologies. Verbeek's writing is exceptionally clear, and he handles the summary and assimilation of these diverse thinkers well. Without constantly introducing new material, Verbeek frequently revisits and deepens key points. By the end of this book, I felt better equipped with another framework for analysis of modern technology as well as a more expansive vocabulary by which to describe the way that technological devices mediate human relationships. I look forward to reading future work by Verbeek.