"Alone Together": An MIT Professor's New Book Urges Us to Unplug | Fast Company - 0 views
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I think there are ways in which we're constantly communicating and yet not making enough good connections, in a way that's to our detriment, to the detriment of our families and to our business organizations
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We're not necessarily putting our investment in the ties that bind; we're putting our investment in the ties that preoccupy.
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t's just something we need to learn to use when most appropriate, powerful, and in our best interest.
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Her new book, Alone Together, completes a trilogy of investigations into the ways humans interact with technology. It can be, at times, a grim read. Fast Company spoke recently with Turkle about connecting, solitude, and how that compulsion to always have your BlackBerry on might actually be hurting your company's bottom line.
