Although no such magic button exists, it’s a potent icon for how society often thinks about push-button effects as swift and irrevocable. This concept is also useful in geopolitics.

As I researched my recent book, “Power Button: A History of Pleasure, Panic, and the Politics of Pushing,” about the origins of American push-button society, five main themes stood out ...

The power icon, though, is still what it is. Further reading: Every laptop port symbol and icon, explained This article originally appeared on our sister publication PC-WELT and was translated and ...

Learn how controversial even adding a button to cameras was in this excerpt from Rachel Plotnick’s “Power Button.” by Rachel Plotnick , on February 7, 2019 The following is an excerpt from Power ...