If we don't teach kids how to be alone, they will end up only lonely. — Sherry Turkle Copy Share Image
People are lonely. The network is seductive. But if we are always on, we may deny ourselves the rewards of solitude. — Sherry Turkle Copy Share Image
You'll always feel lonely if you always need validation. People don't like to be around those kinds of people. — Sherry Turkle Copy Share Image
The kind of solitude that refreshes and restores is very important, not just for children, not just for adolescents, but for all… — Sherry Turkle Copy Share Image
If we're not able to be alone, we're going to be more lonely. And if we don't teach our children to be… — Sherry Turkle Copy Share Image
Technology is seductive when what it offers meets our human vulnerabilities. And as it turns out, we are very vulnerable indeed. We… — 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
