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Alone Together: Why We Expect More from Technology and Less from Each Other by Sherry Turkle (Paperback, 2012)

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Product Description : A groundbreaking book by one of the most important thinkers of our time shows how technology is warping our social lives and our inner onesTechnology 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 deep solitude MIT professor Sherry Turkle argues that as technology ramps up our emotional lives ramp down 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

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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.