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29 February 2012

Sherry TurkleKorrents 29 Feb 2012

From one piece Connected, but alone? (TED2012 talk) 7 beliefs · ted.com

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Children who are not taught to be alone will only know how to be lonely

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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.

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Constant connection is more a symptom than a cure for loneliness

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connection is more like a symptom than a cure.

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People experience the pretend empathy of sociable robots as real

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People experience pretend empathy as though it were the real thing.

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Fleeing conversation can compromise our capacity for self-reflection

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So a flight from conversation can really matter because it can compromise our capacity for self-reflection.

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We sacrifice conversation for mere connection

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we sacrifice conversation for mere connection.

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Our devices are so powerful they change who we are, not just what we do

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our little devices, those little devices in our pockets, are so psychologically powerful that they don't only change what we do, they change who we are.

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Technology is taking us places we don't want to go

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I'm still excited by technology, but I believe, and I'm here to make the case, that we're letting it take us places that we don't want to go.

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