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Described as “the Margaret Mead of digital cuture,” MIT psychologist Sherry Turkle has now turned her attention to the world of social media and sociable robots.
Turkle argues that the social media we encounter on a daily basis are confronting us with a moment of temptation. Drawn by the illusion of companionship without the demands of intimacy, we confuse postings and online sharing with authentic communication. We are drawn to sacrifice conversation for mere connection. Turkle suggests that just because we grew up with the Internet, we tend to see it as all grown up, but it is not: Digital technology is still in its infancy and there is ample time for us to reshape how we build it and use it.
Alone Together: Why We Expect More from Technology and Less from Each Other
Described as “the Margaret Mead of digital cuture,” MIT psychologist Sherry Turkle has now turned her attention to the world of social media and sociable robots.
Turkle argues that the social media we encounter on a daily basis are confronting us with a moment of temptation. Drawn by the illusion of companionship without the demands of intimacy, we confuse postings and online sharing with authentic communication. We are drawn to sacrifice conversation for mere connection. Turkle suggests that just because we grew up with the Internet, we tend to see it as all grown up, but it is not: Digital technology is still in its infancy and there is ample time for us to reshape how we build it and use it.
Alone Together: Why We Expect More from Technology and Less from Each Other
