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Adam Kenner

Sherry Turkle: Connected, but alone? - YouTube - 1 views

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  • Adam Kenner on 08 May 12
     
    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.
Adam Kenner

The End of Alone - The Boston Globe - 0 views

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shared by Adam Kenner on 09 Feb 09 - Cached
  • Adam Kenner on 09 Feb 09
     
    At our desk, on the road, or on a remote beach, the world is a tap away. It's so cool. And yet it's not. What we lose with our constant connectedness.
Adam Kenner

SXSW 2011: The internet is over | Technology | The Guardian - 0 views

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shared by Adam Kenner on 15 Mar 11 - No Cached
  • everything and everyone in the world casts an 'information shadow', an aura of data
  • credit card companies can predict with 98% accuracy, two years in advance, when a couple is going to divorce, based on spending patterns alone
  • His take on the education system, for example, is that it is a badly designed game: students compete for good grades, but lose motivation when they fail. A good game, by contrast, never makes you feel like you've failed: you just progress more slowly. Instead of giving bad students an F, why not start all pupils with zero points and have them strive for the high score?
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  • "The end state of connectivity," he argues, "is that it provides citizens with increased power."
  • Adam Kenner on 15 Mar 11
     
    This is the fundamental obstacle to understanding where technology culture is heading: increasingly, it's about everything.
  • Adam Kenner on 15 Mar 11
     
    This is the fundamental obstacle to understanding where technology culture is heading: increasingly, it's about everything.
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