Sherry Turkle

We go from curiosity to a search for communion.

Laboratory research suggests that how we look and act in the virtual affect our behavior in the real.

The way we contemplate technology on the horizon says much about who we are and who we are willing to become.

Texting is more direct. You don't have to use conversation filler.

Overstimulated, we seek out constrained worlds.

Eric Erikson writes that in their search for identity, adolescents need a place of stillness, a place to gather themselves.

We now expect more from technology and less from each other.

We expect more from technology and less from each other.

One of the emotional affordances of digital communication is that one can always hide behind deliberated nonchalance.

The idea of being vulnerable leaves a lot of room for choice. There is always room to be less foldable, more evil.

I miss those days even though I wasn't alive.

To understand desire, one needs language and flesh.

A sacred space is not a place to hide out. It is a place where we recognize ourselves and our commitments.

It's too late to leave the future to the futurists.

Discovering an inner history requires listening _ and often not to the first story told.

Because you can text while doing something else, texting does not seem to take time but to give you time. This is more than welcome; it is magical.

The idea that we can be exactly what the other desires is a powerful fantasy.

People thought I was very pro-computer. I was on the cover of 'Wired' magazine. Then things began to change. In the early '80s, we met this technology and became smitten like young lovers. But today our attachment is unhealthy.