The Flight from Conversation
Today’s reading is “The Flight from Conversation”by Sherry Turkle. The article appeared in the April 21, 2012 edition of the New York Times. Professor Turkle is a psychologist and Abby Rockefeller Mauzé Professor of the Social Studies of Science and Technology at MIT. She is the author of a number of books including “Alone Together: Why We Expect More From Technology and Less From Each Other.” If you’d like to hear Professor Turkle speak on this subject, check out her TED talk at <