The Empathy Diaries: A Memoir

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Book Review

Abstract

I first encountered Sherry Turkle years ago when a colleague in philosophy mentioned her to me as someone to keep an eye on. Later, I received from him a copy of one of her early books, The Second Self. Turkle’s more recent books, Alone Together and Reclaiming Conversation, contain remarkable insights into how technology shapes our relationships with each other and ourselves. I refer to her work in my capstone course, “Perspectives on Computing,” and share with my students a popular TED talk she gave titled, “Connected, but alone?”

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7-15-2022

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