Networked, we are together, but so lessened are our expectations of each other that we can feel utterly alone. And there is the risk that we come to see others as objects to be accessed—and only for the parts we find useful, comforting, or amusing.
Sherry TurkleThe computer takes up where psychoanalysis left off. It takes the ideas of a decentered self and makes it more concrete by modeling mind as a multiprocessing machine.
Sherry TurkleBecause you can text while doing something else, texting does not seem to take time but to give you time. This is more than welcome; it is magical.
Sherry Turkle