Alone Together
Book description
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 new solitude. We turn to new technology to fill the…
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2 authors picked Alone Together as one of their favorite books. Why do they recommend it?
Sherry Turkle has written many books about our relationship with technology; in Alone Together she cleverly uses a wide range of technological examples, from robots as carers to curating social media profiles, each draw on her experience and research working at MIT.
She uses technology to hold a lens up to ask what it is to be human and what is important to society both individually and collectively, saying, “We make our technologies, and they, in turn, shape us. So, of every technology we must ask, Does it serve our human purposes? – a question that causes us to reconsider…
From Mark's list on thinking differently about UX design.
The title of Turkle’s book aptly describes our social reality these days, I think.
Even when we’re with others, we’re often focused on our own screens, not the other people in the room. Being alone together is impacting our ability to truly be there for each other. She helped me see how important it is to find ways to maximize technology’s benefits while minimizing its downsides – and prompted me to begin to imagine how to do my part.
From Ellen's list on social media’s impact on us.
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