“It’s a way of life to be always texting and when you looks at these texts it really is thoughts in formation. I do studies where I just sit for hours and hours at red lights watching people unable to tolerate being alone. Its as though being along has become a problem that needs to be solved and then technology presents itself as a solution to this problem…Being alone is not a problem that needs to be solved. The capacity for solitude is a very important human skill.” PeopleWayNeedsHumansLooksImportantProblemLightHoursTechnologyStudySolitudeSkillsSolutionsRedCapacityTolerateFormationTextingRed Lights Author:Sherry Turkle
“These days, when people are alone, or feel a moment of boredom, they tend to reach for a device. In a movie theater, at a stop sign, at the checkout line at a supermarket and, yes, at a memorial service, reaching for a device becomes so natural that we start to forget that there is a reason, a good reason, to sit still with our thoughts: It does honor to what we are thinking about. It does honor to ourselves.” PeopleThinkingFeelsDoeStillsReasonMomentsNaturalLinesForgetHonorTheaterThese DaysBoredomReachingDevicesOur ThoughtsMemorialSupermarketsMovie TheaterCheckoutsMemorial Service Author:Sherry Turkle
“We don't need to reject or disparage technology. We need to put it in its place.” NeedsTechnologyRejects Author:Sherry Turkle
“We expect more from technology and less from each other. We create technology to provide the illusion of companionship without the demands of friendship.” FriendshipTechnologyDemandCreatingIllusionExpectationsProfessorsInteractionExpectingProvidingCompanionshipSelf DeceptionInteractingSocial InteractionInteracting With Others Author:Sherry Turkle
