233 Quotes by Sherry Turkle

Fantasies and wishes carry their own significant messages.

Challenge quandary thinking, either/or thinking come by moving from the abstract to the concrete. What can we do with the choice actually in front of us?

Discovering an inner history requires listening – and often not to the first story told.

She has become part of the tribe by behaving like its members.

But at the same time, there is pressure to use technology in classroom in ways that make conversation nearly impossible. Interestingly, this technology is often presented as supporting student "engagement.

Human relationships are rich and they're messy and they're demanding. And we clean them up with technology. And when we do, one of the things that can happen is that we sacrifice conversation for mere connection. We short-change ourselves. And over time, we seem to forget this, or we seem to stop caring.

When I interview candidates, I like to go where they live, so I can see them in their environment, not just in mind.

Teenagers would rather text than talk. They feel calls would reveal too much.

The most used program in computers and education is PowerPoint. What are you learning about the nature of the medium by knowing how do to a great PowerPoint presentation? Nothing. It certainly doesnt teach you how to think critically about living in a culture of simulation.