What is the value of interactions that contain no understanding of us and that contribute nothing to a shared store of human meaning?
Sherry TurkleWhat is so seductive about texting, about keeping that phone on, about that little red light on the BlackBerry, is you want to know who wants you.
Sherry TurkleNetworked, 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 accessedโand only for the parts we find useful, comforting, or amusing.
Sherry TurkleSomeday, someday, but certainly not now, I'd like to learn how to have a conversation.
Sherry Turkle