In the Digital Age: Fully Connected, Completely Alone
Capital of Nasty, an Electronic Magazine - ISSN 1482-0471
Friday, April 13, 2012 at 20:00 (6648/30)
In this TED talk, Cultural Analyst Sherry Turkle examines how technology is shaping our modern relationships with others, ourselves and with technology itself. The result: we live in a highly connected society but are terribly alone.
As we expect more from technology, do we expect less from each other? Sherry Turkle studies how our devices and online personas are redefining human connection and communication -- and asks us to think deeply about the new kinds of connection we want to have.
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