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

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.

What is the value of interactions that contain no understanding of us and that contribute nothing to a shared store of human meaning?

We're too busy communicating to think, too busy communicating to connect, and sometimes we're too busy communicating to create. This is true for individuals and also true for organizations.

If we don't teach kids how to be alone, they will end up only lonely.

The computer is a mind machine. It doesn't have its own psychology, but in a way it presents itself as though it does.

Kids have moved from, "I have a feeling, I want to make a call," to "I'd like to have a feeling, I need to send a text." In other words, there's a continual need for validation. They're constituting a thought or feeling by sending it out for votes. That's really not where you want to be emotionally.