Join author Sherry Turkle for a talk about her new book, Reclaiming Conversation: The Power of Talk in a Digital Age.
With readers and admirers that span Aziz Ansari to Gish Jen, renowned media scholar Sherry Turkle investigates how a departure from conversation undermines our relationships, creativity and productivity-and why reclaiming face-to-face conversation can help us regain lost ground.
As Silicon Valley residents, we understand perhaps better than anyone that the technological universe we live in encourages connection and communication, but at what cost? Have we sacrificed conversation for mere connection?
Preeminent author and researcher Sherry Turkle has been studying digital culture for over thirty years, and she says yes. And the consequences? The dinner table falls silent as children compete with phones for their parents' attention. Friends learn strategies to keep conversations going when only a few people are looking up from their phones. At work, we retreat to our screens although it is conversation at the water cooler that increases not only productivity but commitment to work. Online, we only want to share opinions that our followers will agree with.
But there is good news: we are resilient. Conversation cures.
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