Alone together : why we expect more from technology and less from each other
Sherry Turkle (Author)
In "Alone Together," MIT technology and society professor Sherry Turkle explores the power of our new tools and toys to dramatically alter our social lives. It's a nuanced exploration of what we are looking for--and sacrificing--in a world of electronic companions and social networking tools, and an argument that, despite the hand-waving of today's self-described prophets of the future, it will be the next generation who will chart the path between isolation and connectivity
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xvii, 360 pages ; 25 cm
9780465010219, 9780465031467, 9781452651910, 0465010210, 0465031463, 1452651914
535492220
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Part 1. The robotic moment: in solitude, new intimacies
Nearest neighbors
Alive enough
True companions
Enchantment
Complicities
Love's labor lost
Communion
Part 2. Networked: in intimacy, new solitudes
Always on
Growing up tethered
No need to call
Reduction and betrayal
True confessions
Anxiety
The nostalgia of the young
Conclusion: Necessary conversations
Epilogue: The letter
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