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Alone together : why we expect more from technology and less from each other

Sherry Turkle

Basic Books, 2012, c2011

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Originally published: 2011

Includes bibliographical references and index

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Description

Consider Facebook- it's human contact, only easier to engage with and easier to avoid. Developing technology promises closeness. Sometimes it delivers, but much of our modern life leaves us less connected with people and more connected to simulations of them. In Alone Together , MIT technology and society professor Sherry Turkle explores the power of our new tools and toys to dramatically alter our social lives. It's a nuanced exploration of what we are looking for- and sacrificing- in a world of electronic companions and social networking tools, and an argument that, despite the hand-waving of today's self-described prophets of the future, it will be the next generation who will chart the path between isolation and connectivity.

Table of Contents

Author's Note: Turning Points Introduction: Alone Together PART ONE The Robotic Moment: In Solitude, New Intimacies 1. Nearest Neighbors 2. Alive Enough 3. True Companions 4. Enchantment 5. Complicities 6. Love's Labor Lost 7. Communion PART TWO Networked: In Intimacy, New Solitudes 8. Always On 9. Growing Up Tethered 10. No Need to Call 11. Reduction and Betrayal 12. True Confessions 13. Anxiety 14. The Nostalgia of the Young Conclusion: Necessary Conversations Epilogue: The Letter

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