Companionship Quote by Sherry Turkle

We're lonely, but we're afraid of intimacy. And so from social networks to sociable robots, we're designing technologies that will give us the illusion…

— Anonymous

It's wonderful to move forward technologically, but we cannot forget that we are human beings who thrive on relationships, who thrive on interconnectivity, who…

— Anonymous

Technology is seductive when what it offers meets our human vulnerabilities. And as it turns out, we are very vulnerable indeed. We are lonely…

— Sherry Turkle

We expect more from technology and less from each other.

— Sherry Turkle

“They express concern that technology creates social isolation, as people rely on tech-based communication rather than richer face-to-face encounters.9 We find a different story.…

— Lee Rainie

“Technology has bridged the gap of distant communication,bringing friends and family closely together but no matter the number of ‘likes’, tweets, chats, comments, posts…

— Bernard Kelvin Clive

These days, insecure in our relationships and anxious about intimacy, we look to technology for ways to be in relationships and protect ourselves from…

— Sherry Turkle

The more technology we introduce into society, the more people will aggregate, will want to be with other people: movies, rock concerts, shopping.

— John Naisbitt

Technology can help us connect to people and viewpoints we'd never otherwise experience: using it as a way of avoiding awkward but straightforward conversations…

— Dawn Foster

Human relationships are rich and they're messy and they're demanding. And we clean them up with technology. We sacrifice conversation for mere connection.

— Sherry Turkle

See technology used to be our friends. But now, nobody is quite so sure.

— Howard Rheingold

Technology can be our best friend, and technology can also be the biggest party pooper of our lives. It interrupts our own story, interrupts…

— Steven Spielberg