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Feb. 25, 2011
Have We Grown Too Fond Of Technology?
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| In her book Alone Together: Why We Expect More from Technology and Less from Each Other, Sherry Turkle examines our proclivity for robots, smart phones and social networks, and though far from suggesting we ditch technology, she wonders if we aren't losing out on human contact in the process. |
Produced by Christopher Intagliata, Associate Senior Producer
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Sherry Turkle
Author, "Alone Together: Why We Expect More From Technology and Less From Each Other" (Basic Books, 2011)
Professor, Social Studies of Science
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Cambridge, Massachusetts
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Alone Together: Why We Expect More from Technology and Less from Each Other
by Sherry Turkle
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