3,132 Quotes About Technology

  • Author Scott Turow
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    Libraries function as crucial technology hubs, not merely for free Web access, but for those who need computer training and assistance. Library business centers help support entrepreneurship and retraining.

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  • Author Sherry Turkle
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    I love sharing photographs and websites, I'm for all of these things. I'm for Facebook. But to say that this is sociability? We begin to define things in terms of what technology enables and technology allows.

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  • Author Sherry Turkle
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    We're smitten with technology. And we're afraid, like young lovers, that too much talking might spoil the romance. But it's time to talk.

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  • Author Sherry Turkle
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    People thought I was very pro-computer. I was on the cover of Wired magazine. Then things began to change. In the early 80s, we met this technology and became smitten like young lovers. But today our attachment is unhealthy.

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  • Author Sherry Turkle
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    We're lonely, but we're afraid of intimacy. And so from social networks to sociable robots, we're designing technologies that will give us the illusion of companionship without the demands of friendship.

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  • Author Sherry Turkle
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    The feeling that 'no one is listening to me' make us want to spend time with machines that seem to care about us.

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  • Author Sherry Turkle
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    We expect more from technology and less from each other. We create technology to provide the illusion of companionship without the demands of friendship.

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