Alone together : why we expect more from technology and less from each other
"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"--Provided by publisher
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1 online resource (xvii, 360 pages)
9780465022342, 9781283094146, 9780465031467, 9786613094148, 0465022340, 1283094142, 0465031463, 6613094145
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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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