"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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Source : Sherry Turkle (2015). “Reclaiming Conversation: The Power of Talk in a Digital Age”, p.250, Penguin

Sherry Turkle

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“As a parent, your perspective of childhood is through the eyes of this person that you care so much about and you just want the world to be great for them. You want their life to be easy and happy.”
“It is not enough to be nice; you have to be good. We are attracted by nice people; but only on the assumption that their niceness is a sign of goodness.”
“There have always been gangland-type areas in Nottingham - but what's really hit me hard is kids as young as eight are now carrying knives to school. That was something I never saw when I was growing up. The police and families have got a responsibility. These young people are feeling trapped. They don't even have somewhere to go to just have fun.”

Source : Source: www.mirror.co.uk
“I am going in now for interior decoration. By that I mean supplying objets d'art and giving advice regarding the decoration of their houses to wealthy persons who do not have the time, inclination, nor culture to do such work for themselves. It is nothing new. Women have done the same thing before.”
“I remember being onstage once when I didn't have fear: I got so scared I didn't have fear that it brought on an anxiety attack.”
“Christians were regarded as separated from society and therefore destructive of the Greco-Roman way of life.”
“As for kids who are struggling personally, ignore the bullies! Who cares what they think? A lot of the time, they're not thinking, so you shouldn't take their words to heart. Ignore, ignore, ignore, and keep pushing forward.”
“Is your perception of 'I Heard It Through the Grapevine' so shallow that it's violated by dancing raisins?”

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