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Connected, but alone? | Sherry Turkle
Five hundred messages today and still lonely? Maybe what's missing isn't more contact but real conversation.
Who it's for
People who feel lonely while constantly messaging often blame themselves; Turkle offers a researcher's frame in which the pattern is common and shaped by how the technology is used.
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What it is
A TED talk given at TED2012 by Sherry Turkle, who studies how people relate to technology. She looks at how devices and constant digital connection are changing the ways people communicate and relate to each other, and asks whether, as we expect more from technology, we expect less from each other. She closes by asking viewers to think about what kinds of relationships they want.
Where to find it
YouTube, official TED channel (free). Also on TED.com.
Before you start
Age: Ages 12+
Everywhere I see bliss, from which I alone am irrevocably excluded.Mary Shelley, Frankenstein, Chapter 10
