Everything that enchants may be said to deceive.

We... heal ourselves by giving others what we most need.

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.

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

I think few people of education enter politics because it seems like a contact blood sport.

As we distribute ourselves, we may abandon ourselves.

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 of companionship without the demands of friendship.