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

When you're addicted to heroin, there is only one thing you can do - go off heroin. But we're not going to throw away these phones, we're not going to throw away our technology.

What I'm seeing is a generation that says consistently, 'I would rather text than make a telephone call.' Why? It's less risky. I can just get the information out there. I don't have to get all involved; it's more efficient. I would rather text than see somebody face to face.

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

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

If we're not able to be alone, we're going to be more lonely. And if we don't teach our children to be alone, they're only going to know how to be lonely.

We expect more from technology and less from each other. We create technology to provide the illusion of companionship without the demands of friendship.