![]() Are we willing to just be on a treadmill of communication without real connection?” says Turkle - the Abby Rockefeller Mauzé Professor of Social Studies of Science and Technology in MIT’s Program in Science, Technology, and Society - who is founder and director of the MIT Initiative on Technology and Self. “Most people love the technology, but we’re texting at meals, texting at funerals. Based on 15 years of research and hundreds of interviews with children and adults, the book tells the story of the new disturbing relationships among parents, children, sweethearts, and friends and reveals that beyond our incessant communication lies a deep human need for stillness, solitude, and intimacy. Recently, Turkle published Alone Together: Why We Expect More from Technology and Less from Each Other. We’re seduced by the possibility that we’re always connected, always wanted, always needed,” says Sherry Turkle, adding that we’re so enmeshed with our connections that we neglect each other. ![]()
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