--- title: "11 Computer Quotes By Sherry Turkle" description: "11 Computer quotes by Sherry Turkle. Plus more from Sherry Turkle and more Computer sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/979/sherry-turkle-2764_computer_computers-are-not-good-or-bad-they-are-p_2682194.png" --- > [Computers are not good or bad; they are powerful.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sherry-turkle/computers-are-not-good-or-bad-they-are-powerful/) [Sherry Turkle](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sherry-turkle/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/979/sherry-turkle-2764_computer_computers-are-not-good-or-bad-they-are-p_2682194.png) > [The computer is a mind machine. It doesn't have its own psychology, but in a way it presents itself as though it…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sherry-turkle/the-computer-is-a-mind-machine-it-doesn-t-have-its-own-psychology-but/) [Sherry Turkle](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sherry-turkle/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/7d0/sherry-turkle-2764_computer_the-computer-is-a-mind-machine-it-doesn_2426121.png) > [The computer takes up where psychoanalysis left off. It takes the ideas of a decentered self and makes it more concrete by…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sherry-turkle/the-computer-takes-up-where-psychoanalysis-left-off-it-takes-the/) [Sherry Turkle](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sherry-turkle/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d83/sherry-turkle-2764_computer_the-computer-takes-up-where-psychoanalys_1319650.png) > [I think computers are the ultimate writing tool. I'm a very slow writer, so I appreciate it every day.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sherry-turkle/i-think-computers-are-the-ultimate-writing-tool-i-m-a-very-slow/) [Sherry Turkle](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sherry-turkle/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/af8/sherry-turkle-2764_appreciate_i-think-computers-are-the-ultimate-writi_3074466.png) > [Terrified of being alone, yet afraid of intimacy, we experience widespread feelings of emptiness, of disconnection, of the unreality of self. And…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sherry-turkle/terrified-of-being-alone-yet-afraid-of-intimacy-we-experience/) [Sherry Turkle](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sherry-turkle/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f31/sherry-turkle-2764_companion_terrified-of-being-alone-yet-afraid-of-i_1978448.png) > [People thought I was very pro-computer. I was on the cover of 'Wired' magazine. Then things began to change. In the early…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sherry-turkle/people-thought-i-was-very-pro-computer-i-was-on-the-cover-of-wired/) [Sherry Turkle](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sherry-turkle/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/262/sherry-turkle-2764_80s_people-thought-i-was-very-pro-computer-i_2202120.jpg) > [ We ask \[ of the computer \] not just about where we stand in nature, but about where we stand in the… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sherry-turkle/we-ask-of-the-computer-not-just-about-where-we-stand-in-nature-but/) [Sherry Turkle](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sherry-turkle/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f5e/sherry-turkle-2764_artefacts_we-ask-of-the-computer-not-just-about-wh_2534681.jpg) > [One thing is certain: the riddle of mind, long a topic for philosophers, has taken on new urgency. Under pressure from the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sherry-turkle/one-thing-is-certain-the-riddle-of-mind-long-a-topic-for-philosophers/) [Sherry Turkle](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sherry-turkle/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/29c/sherry-turkle-2764_becoming_one-thing-is-certain-the-riddle-of-mind_1537218.jpg) > [The most used program in computers and education is PowerPoint. What are you learning about the nature of the medium by knowing…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sherry-turkle/the-most-used-program-in-computers-and-education-is-powerpoint-what/) [Sherry Turkle](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sherry-turkle/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/311/sherry-turkle-2764_about_the-most-used-program-in-computers-and-e_763473.png) > [Ours has been called a culture of narcissism. The label is apt but can be misleading. It reads colloquially as selfishness and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sherry-turkle/ours-has-been-called-a-culture-of-narcissism-the-label-is-apt-but-can/) [Sherry Turkle](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sherry-turkle/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/171/sherry-turkle-2764_absorption_ours-has-been-called-a-culture-of-narcis_1414877.png) > [Pinball games were constrained by physical limitations, ultimately by the physical laws that govern the motion of a small metal ball. The…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sherry-turkle/pinball-games-were-constrained-by-physical-limitations-ultimately-by/) [Sherry Turkle](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sherry-turkle/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/9b4/sherry-turkle-2764_accelerate_pinball-games-were-constrained-by-physic_1417948.jpg) ## Other authors on Computer - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b005/author-bill-gates-17911.jpg) Bill Gates 64 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/computer/bill-gates/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b015/author-larry-wall-58700.jpg) Larry Wall 52 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/computer/larry-wall/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b022/author-steve-jobs-87290.jpg) Steve Jobs 44 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/computer/steve-jobs/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b007/author-dave-barry-27009.jpg) Dave Barry 34 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/computer/dave-barry/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b010/author-frederick-lenz-36205.jpg) Frederick Lenz 32 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/computer/frederick-lenz/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b022/author-steve-wozniak-87432.jpg) Steve Wozniak 26 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/computer/steve-wozniak/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b008/author-douglas-adams-30413.jpg) Douglas Adams 22 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/computer/douglas-adams/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b008/author-donald-knuth-30007.jpg) Donald Knuth 21 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/computer/donald-knuth/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b015/author-kevin-mitnick-56869.jpg) Kevin Mitnick 20 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/computer/kevin-mitnick/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b022/author-stephen-hawking-87021.jpg) Stephen Hawking 17 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/computer/stephen-hawking/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b022/author-seymour-papert-84196.jpg) Seymour Papert 17 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/computer/seymour-papert/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b008/author-douglas-rushkoff-30484.jpg) Douglas Rushkoff 14 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/computer/douglas-rushkoff/) ## More by Sherry Turkle > [“From watching children play with objects designed as “amusements,” we come to a new place, a place of cold comforts. Child and adult, we…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sherry-turkle/from-watching-children-play-with-objects-designed-as-amusements-we/) [Sherry Turkle](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sherry-turkle/) > [“I said that we use digital “passbacks” to placate young children who say they are bored. We are not teaching them that boredom can…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sherry-turkle/i-said-that-we-use-digital-passbacks-to-placate-young-children-who/) [Sherry Turkle](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sherry-turkle/) > [“enduring technological optimism, a belief that as other things go wrong, science will go right.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sherry-turkle/enduring-technological-optimism-a-belief-that-as-other-things-go/) [Sherry Turkle](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sherry-turkle/) > [Conversation is the most human and humanizing thing that we do.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sherry-turkle/conversation-is-the-most-human-and-humanizing-thing-that-we-do/) [Sherry Turkle](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sherry-turkle/) > [“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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sherry-turkle/in-the-classic-children-s-story-the-velveteen-rabbit-a-stuffed-animal/) [Sherry Turkle](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sherry-turkle/) > [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sherry-turkle/human-relationships-are-rich-and-they-re-messy-and-they-re-demanding/) [Sherry Turkle](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sherry-turkle/) > [“But at the same time, there is pressure to use technology in classroom in ways that make conversation nearly impossible. Interestingly, this technology is…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sherry-turkle/but-at-the-same-time-there-is-pressure-to-use-technology-in-classroom/) [Sherry Turkle](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sherry-turkle/) > [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,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sherry-turkle/i-have-to-fight-the-impulse-to-use-my-phone-as-an-alarm-clock-rather/) [Sherry Turkle](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sherry-turkle/) > [It all stems from the same thing - which is that when we are face to face - and this is what I think…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sherry-turkle/it-all-stems-from-the-same-thing-which-is-that-when-we-are-face-to/) [Sherry Turkle](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sherry-turkle/) > [“The new technologies allow us to “dial down” human contact, to titrate its nature and extent.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sherry-turkle/the-new-technologies-allow-us-to-dial-down-human-contact-to-titrate/) [Sherry Turkle](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sherry-turkle/) > [We think constant connection will make us feel less lonely. The opposite is true.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sherry-turkle/we-think-constant-connection-will-make-us-feel-less-lonely-the/) [Sherry Turkle](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sherry-turkle/) > [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sherry-turkle/if-you-re-happy-with-where-the-internet-facebook-and-twitter-have/) [Sherry Turkle](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sherry-turkle/) > [My highest value is not that the trains are on time. I want to be free.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sherry-turkle/my-highest-value-is-not-that-the-trains-are-on-time-i-want-to-be-free/) [Sherry Turkle](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sherry-turkle/) > [The selfie, like all technology, causes us to reflect on our human values. This is a good thing because it challenges us to figure…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sherry-turkle/the-selfie-like-all-technology-causes-us-to-reflect-on-our-human/) [Sherry Turkle](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sherry-turkle/) > [Technology doesn't just do things for us. It does things to us, changing not just what we do but who we are.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sherry-turkle/technology-doesn-t-just-do-things-for-us-it-does-things-to-us/) [Sherry Turkle](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sherry-turkle/) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/computer/sherry-turkle/#itemlist", "name": "11 Computer Quotes By Sherry Turkle", "numberOfItems": 11, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "Computers are not good or bad; they are powerful.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Sherry Turkle" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sherry-turkle/computers-are-not-good-or-bad-they-are-powerful/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/979/sherry-turkle-2764_computer_computers-are-not-good-or-bad-they-are-p_2682194.png", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/979/sherry-turkle-2764_computer_computers-are-not-good-or-bad-they-are-p_2682194.png", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/979/sherry-turkle-2764_computer_computers-are-not-good-or-bad-they-are-p_2682194.png", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“Computers are not good or bad; they are powerful.” — Sherry Turkle", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 2, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "The computer is a mind machine. 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Under pressure from the computer, the question of mind in relation to machine is becoming a central cultural preoccupation. It is becoming for us what sex was to the Victorians--threat and obsession, taboo and fascination.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Sherry Turkle" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sherry-turkle/one-thing-is-certain-the-riddle-of-mind-long-a-topic-for-philosophers/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/29c/sherry-turkle-2764_becoming_one-thing-is-certain-the-riddle-of-mind_1537218.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/29c/sherry-turkle-2764_becoming_one-thing-is-certain-the-riddle-of-mind_1537218.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/29c/sherry-turkle-2764_becoming_one-thing-is-certain-the-riddle-of-mind_1537218.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“One thing is certain: the riddle of mind, long a topic for philosophers, has taken on new urgency. 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