"Our little devices, those little devices in our pockets, are so psychologically powerful that they not only change what we do, they change who we are." Sherry Turkle, director of the MIT Initiative on Technology and Self, has spent over three decades studying the way people interact with machines, and is growing increasingly worried about the amount of human interaction people are happy to delegate to robots or carry out over phones and computers. As we expect more from technology, do we expect less from each other? In this TED talk, Turkle asks us to think deeply about the kinds of human connection and communication we want to have.
Linda
I enjoyed the basic truth this presentation uncovered for me. Sherry Turkle's discussion really made me reflect on how I use my technological devices and when I use them. I will be making a sincere effort to change some of my future, technology driven communications.