Life Quotes by Sherry Turkle

8 Life quotes by Sherry Turkle

Sherry Turkle offers eight concise reflections on life, each hinting at her tech‑focused lens. This brief set gives a quick, thoughtful look at her perspective on modern existence.

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“When we know that everything in our lives is captured, will we begin to live the life that we hope to have…

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Everybody wants a robot that will do psychotherapy. But If you don't have empathy, you don't have psychotherapy. The robot doesn't know…

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“If AIBO is in some sense a toy, it is a toy that changes minds. It does this in several ways. It…

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“When Thoreau considered "where I live and what I live for," he tied together location and values. Where we live doesn't just…

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My own study of the networked life has left me thinking about intimacy - about being with people in person, hearing their…

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In life, you are struck by the importance of presence, of the small moments of meaning, the miracle of your child's breath,…

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It’s a way of life to be always texting and when you looks at these texts it really is thoughts in formation.…

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“Again, technology makes us forget what we know about life. We become enchanted by technology’s promises because we have so many problems…

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“From watching children play with objects designed as “amusements,” we come to a new place, a place of cold comforts. Child and adult, we…

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“I said that we use digital “passbacks” to placate young children who say they are bored. We are not teaching them that boredom can…

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“enduring technological optimism, a belief that as other things go wrong, science will go right.”

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Conversation is the most human and humanizing thing that we do.

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“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…

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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…

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“But at the same time, there is pressure to use technology in classroom in ways that make conversation nearly impossible. Interestingly, this technology is…

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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,…

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It all stems from the same thing - which is that when we are face to face - and this is what I think…

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“The new technologies allow us to “dial down” human contact, to titrate its nature and extent.”

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We think constant connection will make us feel less lonely. The opposite is true.

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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…

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My highest value is not that the trains are on time. I want to be free.

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The selfie, like all technology, causes us to reflect on our human values. This is a good thing because it challenges us to figure…

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Technology doesn't just do things for us. It does things to us, changing not just what we do but who we are.

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