![]() ![]() ![]() She is concerned here not with the political uses of the Internet as manifested in the current democratic uprisings in Egypt and other countries in the Middle East but with its psychological side effects. ![]() High school students who wonder how much they should tilt their Facebook profiles toward what their friends will think is cool, or what college admissions boards might prize.Īs Sherry Turkle notes in her perceptive new book, “Alone Together,” these are examples of the ways technology is changing how people relate to one another and construct their own inner lives. Children who see an authentic Galapagos tortoise at the American Museum of Natural History and can’t understand why the museum didn’t use a robot tortoise instead. Mourners who send text messages during a memorial service because they can’t go an hour without using their BlackBerries. Teenagers who send and receive six to eight thousand texts a month and spend hours a day on Facebook. ![]()
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