![]() ![]() Sometimes it delivers, but much of our modern life leaves us less connected with people and more connected to simulations of them. Developing technology promises closeness. 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.Ĭonsider Facebookits human contact, only easier to engage with and easier to avoid. MIT professor Sherry Turkle argues that as technology ramps up, our emotional lives ramp down. But this relentless connection leads to a deep solitude. 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. Technology has become the architect of our intimacies. ![]() Alone together why we expect more form technology and less from each other by Sherry Turkle ![]()
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