Alone Together: Why We Expect More from Technology and Less from Each OtherBasic Books, 2011 M01 11 - 384 pages A groundbreaking book by one of the most important thinkers of our time shows how technology is warping our social lives and our inner ones Technology has become the architect of our intimacies. Online, we fall prey to the illusion of companionship, gathering thousands of Twitter and Facebook friends, and confusing tweets and wall posts with authentic communication. But this relentless connection leads to a deep solitude. MIT professor Sherry Turkle argues that as technology ramps up, our emotional lives ramp down. Based on hundreds of interviews and with a new introduction taking us to the present day, Alone Together describes changing, unsettling relationships between friends, lovers, and families. |
Contents
INTRODUCTION | 1 |
PART ONE The Robotic Moment | 21 |
1 nearest neighbors | 23 |
2 alive enough | 35 |
3 true companions | 53 |
4 enchantment | 67 |
5 complicities | 83 |
6 loves labor lost | 103 |
9 growing up tethered | 171 |
10 no need to call | 187 |
11 reduction and betrayal | 211 |
12 true confessions | 229 |
13 anxiety | 241 |
14 the nostalgia of the young | 265 |
CONCLUSION | 279 |
EPILOGUE | 297 |
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Alone Together: Why We Expect More from Technology and Less from Each Other Sherry Turkle Limited preview - 2017 |
Alone Together: Why We Expect More from Technology and Less from Each Other Sherry Turkle Limited preview - 2011 |
Alone Together: Why We Expect More from Technology and Less from Each Other Sherry Turkle Limited preview - 2011 |
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