I think computers are the ultimate writing tool. I'm a very slow writer, so I appreciate it every day. — Sherry Turkle Copy Share Image
The computer takes up where psychoanalysis left off. It takes the ideas of a decentered self and makes it more concrete by… — Sherry Turkle Copy Share Image
The computer is a mind machine. It doesn't have its own psychology, but in a way it presents itself as though it… — Sherry Turkle Copy Share Image
The most used program in computers and education is PowerPoint. What are you learning about the nature of the medium by knowing… — Sherry Turkle Copy Share Image
People thought I was very pro-computer. I was on the cover of 'Wired' magazine. Then things began to change. In the early… — Sherry Turkle Copy Share Image
Terrified of being alone, yet afraid of intimacy, we experience widespread feelings of emptiness, of disconnection, of the unreality of self. And… — Sherry Turkle Copy Share Image
We ask [ of the computer ] not just about where we stand in nature, but about where we stand in the… — Sherry Turkle Copy Share Image
One thing is certain: the riddle of mind, long a topic for philosophers, has taken on new urgency. Under pressure from the… — Sherry Turkle Copy Share Image
Ours has been called a culture of narcissism. The label is apt but can be misleading. It reads colloquially as selfishness and… — Sherry Turkle Copy Share Image
Pinball games were constrained by physical limitations, ultimately by the physical laws that govern the motion of a small metal ball. The… — Sherry Turkle Copy Share Image
“From watching children play with objects designed as “amusements,” we come to a new place, a place of cold comforts. Child and adult, we… — Sherry Turkle Copy Share
“I said that we use digital “passbacks” to placate young children who say they are bored. We are not teaching them that boredom can… — Sherry Turkle Copy Share
“enduring technological optimism, a belief that as other things go wrong, science will go right.” — Sherry Turkle Copy Share
“In the classic children’s story The Velveteen Rabbit, a stuffed animal becomes “real” because of a child’s love. Tamagotchis do not wait passively but… — Sherry Turkle Copy Share
Human relationships are rich and they're messy and they're demanding. And we clean them up with technology. Texting, email, posting, all of these things… — Sherry Turkle Copy Share
“But at the same time, there is pressure to use technology in classroom in ways that make conversation nearly impossible. Interestingly, this technology is… — Sherry Turkle Copy Share
I have to fight the impulse to use my phone as an alarm clock rather than leaving it in another room. If I don't,… — Sherry Turkle Copy Share
It all stems from the same thing - which is that when we are face to face - and this is what I think… — Sherry Turkle Copy Share
“The new technologies allow us to “dial down” human contact, to titrate its nature and extent.” — Sherry Turkle Copy Share
We think constant connection will make us feel less lonely. The opposite is true. — Sherry Turkle Copy Share
If you're happy with where the Internet, Facebook, and Twitter have taken you, I'm not the Grinch. Someone called me Sherry Turkle's "evil Luddite… — Sherry Turkle Copy Share
The selfie, like all technology, causes us to reflect on our human values. This is a good thing because it challenges us to figure… — Sherry Turkle Copy Share
Technology doesn't just do things for us. It does things to us, changing not just what we do but who we are. — Sherry Turkle Copy Share
![“We ask [ of the computer ] not just about where we stand in nature, but about where we stand in the world of artefact. We search for a link between who we are and what we have made, between who we are and what we might create, between who we are and what, through our intimacy with our own…” quote by Sherry Turkle](https://sms4smile.com/q/img-quotes/f5e/sherry-turkle-2764_artefacts_we-ask-of-the-computer-not-just-about-wh_2534681.jpg)
