Alone Together: Why We Expect More from Technology and Less fom Each Other
Sherry Turkle, Social Studies of Science and Technology Professor, MIT; Founder and Director, MIT Initiative on Technology and Self
Turkle will shed light on the ways our use of technology is encouraging disturbing levels of isolation. We use social networking technology to modulate our relationships and make relationships easier to handle. But, as Turkle says, we just end up debasing them by showing how easily we are “willing to give up on each other.”
MLF: Science & TechnologyLocation: SF Club OfficeTime: 11:30 a.m. check-in, noon program, 1 p.m. book signingCost: $8 members, $20 non-members, $7 students (with valid ID)Program Organizer: Chisako RessAlso know: Photo by Peter Urban