Sherry Turkle

雪莉·特克尔

Lifespan
1948–
Nationality
American
Role
Psychologist and MIT professor
Books
1

Biography

American psychologist and MIT professor of technology and the self, with three decades of interview research on the human relationship with technology. Reclaiming Conversation and Alone Together record how people trade away inefficient but irreplaceable conversation for efficiency.

Central Ideas

  • Three decades of interviews on people and technology
  • Pauses in conversation as conditions of empathy
  • The capacity to be alone as a precondition of real relationship

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