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The Man Who Lied to His Laptop is a 2010 popular science and human computer interaction book by Stanford researcher Clifford Nass, written with Corina Yen. It translates research on social responses to technology into an accessible examination of what devices reveal about human relationships. Its central premise is not that computers possess human motives, but that people readily apply social habits to machines that communicate through language, voices, feedback, and apparently responsive behavior. Nass uses this tendency to investigate familiar interpersonal issues: how people react to praise and criticism, why personality matching can feel comfortable, how teams form around technology, and why emotional cues affect trust and performance. The book is therefore both a guide to the psychology of interaction and a design oriented account of technology. Rather than treating interfaces as neutral tools, it shows that their wording, tone, timing, and social role can shape users judgments. Its purpose is to make those often automatic reactions visible, with implications for designers, managers, and everyday users of digital systems.