We think constant connection will make us feel less lonely. The opposite is true. Sherry Turkle Read Quote
In life, you are struck by the importance of presence, of the small moments of meaning, the miracle of your child’s breath, the feelings of deep human connection. When you are thinking about technology, your mind is not on all of that. Sherry Turkle Read Quote
I’ve been studying the psychology of online connectivity for more than 30 years. Sherry Turkle Read Quote
A selfie, like any photograph, interrupts experience to mark the moment. In this, it shares something with all the other ways we break up our day: when we text during class, in meetings, at the theater, at dinners with friends. Sherry Turkle Read Quote
The selfie, like all technology, causes us to reflect on our human values. This is a good thing because it challenges us to figure out what they really are. Sherry Turkle Read Quote
I think computers are the ultimate writing tool. I’m a very slow writer, so I appreciate it every day. Sherry Turkle Read Quote
It used to be that we imagined that our mobile phones would be for us to talk to each other. Now, our mobile phones are there to talk to us. Sherry Turkle Read Quote
We are inhibited from aggression by the presence of another face, another person. We’re aware that we’re with a human being. On the Internet, we are disinhibited from taking into full account that we are in the presence of another human being. Sherry Turkle Read Quote
What is so seductive about texting, about keeping that phone on, about that little red light on the BlackBerry, is you want to know who wants you. Sherry Turkle Read Quote
