Alone Together: Why We Expect More from Technology and Less from Each Other
Format: audiobook
ISBN:
9781452631912 (1452631913)
Publish date: May 10th 2011
Publisher: Tantor Media
Edition language: English
I decided not to finish this because it wasn't doing it for me. I agreed in some ways with the stuff I did read but also felt like Turkle was focusing too much on things that were true of anyone interfacing with technology at any point in time - it might feel new nowadays, but it's really not.
I decided not to finish this because it wasn't doing it for me. I agreed in some ways with the stuff I did read but also felt like Turkle was focusing too much on things that were true of anyone interfacing with technology at any point in time - it might feel new nowadays, but it's really not.
Great if you like one-sided alarmism. Otherwise, vomit-inducing.
Sigh. This book. Great title, great subtitle, I wish the content had delivered. Unfortunately I am no closer to telling you why we expect more from technology & less from each other than I was before I read this book.One of the main things that bothered me about this book was that, even though I was...
A very worthwhile book to read. Having been part of the world of artificial intelligence and robotics in years past, this book is a fine overview of the development of the first "thinking" machines (like ELIZA) to the current trend of robots that "feel" or relate. Or at least we have programmed th...
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