Alone Together: Why We Expect More from Technology and Less from Each Other is a book by Sherry Turkle, a professor of the Social Studies of Science and Technology at MIT, the founder and director of the MIT Initiative on Technology and Self, and a licensed clinical psychologist.

This book takes a very in-depth look into the relationship we have with technology; psychologically, emotionally, mentally, and sometimes even physically. Turkle describes the Internet as a sort of “corporate trap” that keeps us glued to the screens of our computers, and more recently, our cellphones. As the title implies, she summarizes that we do indeed expect infinitely more from technology and depend less on each other.
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