We don't need to reject or disparage technology. We need to put it in its place.

People are lonely. The network is seductive. But if we are always on, we may deny ourselves the rewards of solitude.

We are not as strong as technology's pull.

Computers are not good or bad; they are powerful.

We used to think, 'I have a feeling; I want to make a call.' Now our impulse is, 'I want to have a feeling; I need to send a text.'

It’s a way of life to be always texting and when you looks at these texts it really is thoughts in formation. I do studies where I just sit for hours and hours at red lights watching people unable to tolerate being alone. Its as though being along has become a problem that needs to be solved and then technology presents itself as a solution to this problem…Being alone is not a problem that needs to be solved. The capacity for solitude is a very important human skill.

we seem determined to give human qualities to objects and content to treat each other as things.