I have to fight the impulse to use my phone as an alarm clock rather than leaving it in another room. If I don’t, I will wake up in the middle of the night and think, ‘I’ll check my messages. Or the number of my book on Amazon.’ Sherry Turkle Read Quote
If people start to buy the idea that machines are great companions for the elderly or for children, as they increasingly seem to do, we are really playing with fire. Sherry Turkle Read Quote
You’ll always feel lonely if you always need validation. People don’t like to be around those kinds of people. Sherry Turkle Read Quote
Everybody wants a robot that will do psychotherapy. But If you don’t have empathy, you don’t have psychotherapy. The robot doesn’t know about life. Sherry Turkle Read Quote
Technology challenges us to look at our human values. We can try to use technology to cure Parkinson’s or Alzheimer’s, which would be a blessing, but that blessing is not a reason to move from artificial brain enhancement to artificial intimacy. Sherry Turkle Read Quote
Thumbs up or thumbs down on a website is not a conversation. The danger is you get into a habit of mind where politics means giving a thumbs up or thumbs down to a website. The world is a much more complex place. Sherry Turkle Read Quote
Teenagers would rather text than talk. They feel calls would reveal too much. Sherry Turkle Read Quote
There are moments of opportunity for families; moments they need to put technology away. These include: no phones or texting during meals. No phones or texting when parents pick up children at school – a child is looking to make eye contact with a parent! Sherry Turkle Read Quote
