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“A great and troubling beauty”: cognitive speculation and ubiquitous computing

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We gratefully acknowledge the encouragement, insights, and suggestions of Mike Dunn, Erik Stolterman, Paul Dourish, and our anonymous reviewers. We especially thank Jofish Kaye for casting a scroll of resurrection on this special issue.

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Bardzell, J., Bardzell, S. “A great and troubling beauty”: cognitive speculation and ubiquitous computing. Pers Ubiquit Comput 18, 779–794 (2014). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00779-013-0677-8

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