Alone Together - Why We Expect More from Technology and Less from Each Other
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“Alone Together” addresses how authentic communication has been diminished by technology and society’s addictive un-authentic communication behavior fostered by social media. MIT technology and society specialist Sherry Turkle argues how this un-authentic communication leads to disconnection from our emotional lives.
This book describes the unsettling relationships between people and the misunderstanding of privacy, community, intimacy, and solitude.
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If you have a question or problem, ask us:Table of Contents/ List of Topics Covered:
Author’s Note: Turning Points
Introduction: Alone Together
Part One – The Robotic Moment: In Solitude, New Intimacies
- Nearest Neighbors
- Alive Enough
- True Companions
- Enchantment
- Complicities
- Love’s Labor Lost
- Communion
Part Two – Networked: In Intimacy, New Solitudes
- Always On
- Growing Up Tethered
- No Need to Call
- Reduction and Betrayal
- True Confessions
- Anxiety
- The Nostalgia of the Young
Conclusion: Necessary Conversations
Epilogue: The Letter
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