Everyone is always having their attention divided between the world of the people [they're] with and this other reality. — 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
Thumbs up or thumbs down on a website is not a conversation. The danger is you get into a habit of mind… — Sherry Turkle Copy Share Image
It used to be that people had a way of dealing with the world that was basically, 'I have a feeling, I… — Sherry Turkle Copy Share Image
I think that we live in techno-enthusiastic times. We celebrate our technologies because people are frightened by the world we've made. — 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
“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 Image
“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 Image
“enduring technological optimism, a belief that as other things go wrong, science will go right.” — Sherry Turkle Copy Share Image
“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 Image
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 Image
“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 Image
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 Image
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 Image
“The new technologies allow us to “dial down” human contact, to titrate its nature and extent.” — Sherry Turkle Copy Share Image
We think constant connection will make us feel less lonely. The opposite is true. — Sherry Turkle Copy Share Image
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 Image
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