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Series
Libraries in the early 21st century volume 1
Publisher
De Gruyter Saur
Pub. Date
2012
Language
English
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English
Description
There's no doubt that technology has made it easier to communicate. It's also easier to shut someone out when confronted with online discourse. Why bother to understand strangers or even acquaintances when we can troll them, block them, or just click "Unfriend" and never look back? However briefly satisfying that might be, it's also potentially eroding one of the most human traits: empathy. So what does the future look like when something so vital...
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English
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Technology has become the architect of our intimacies. Online, we fall prey to the illusion of companionship, gathering thousands of Twitter and Facebook friends, and confusing tweets and wall posts with authentic communication. But this relentless connection leads to a deep solitude. MIT professor Sherry Turkle argues that as technology ramps up, our emotional lives ramp down. Based on hundreds of interviews and with a new introduction taking us...