I call it the Goldilocks effect: We can't get enough of each other if we can have each other at a digital distance—not too close, not too far, just right. But human relationships are rich, messy, and demanding. When we clean them up with technology, we move from conversation to the efficiency of mere connection. I fear we forget the difference.
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About Sherry Turkle
Sherry Turkle was a contemporary American social scientist and psychologist. Sherry Turkle is an American sociologist. She is the Abby Rockefeller Mauzé Professor of the Social Studies of Science and Technology at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Read more on Wikipedia →
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- Science — Discovery, inquiry, and the wonders of the natural world