Alone Together: Why We Expect More from Technology and Less from Each Other
Sherry Turkle
Jan 2011 · Basic Books
3.6star
19 reviews
Ebook
384
Pages
About this ebook
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.
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.
Ratings and reviews
3.6
19 reviews
Scott Lim
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December 14, 2012
Turkle mostly interviewed people with strong negative opinion about technology. She did bring some good points about the technology but there were just too few. I thought she could have done a lot better job since she comes from MIT. I would not recommend this book to any of my friends.
A Google user
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February 24, 2012
Waste of time. An MIT (T standing for Technology) professor trash talking Technology for 360 pages. Invalid points, and over dramatic conclusions.
About the author
Sherry Turkle is the Abby Rockefeller Mauzé Professor of the Social Studies of Science and Technology at MIT. She is frequently interviewed in Time, Newsweek, the New York Times, and the Wall Street Journal, on NBC News, and more. She lives in Boston, Massachusetts.
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