Sherry Turkle

Professor, Psychologist

Sherry Turkle is an American sociologist and the Abby Rockefeller Mauzé Professor of the Social Studies of Science and Technology at MIT. Her research explores the psychology of human relationships with technology, and her influential books Alone Together and Reclaiming Conversation examine how digital devices are eroding the capacity for empathy and meaningful dialogue. She is a recipient of a Guggenheim Fellowship and a member of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences.

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Books by Sherry Turkle

Alone Together: Why We Expect More from Technology and Less from Each Other

by Sherry Turkle

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Drawing on fifteen years of research at MIT, Turkle examines how social robots and digital communication technologies are reshaping human intimacy and social bonds. She argues that as we expect more from technology, we increasingly accept simulations of connection while demanding less authentic engagement from each other.

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Reclaiming Conversation: The Power of Talk in a Digital Age

by Sherry Turkle

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Turkle presents five years of research showing how the flight from face-to-face conversation is undermining empathy, creativity, and productivity in families, schools, and workplaces. Organised around Thoreau's metaphor of 'three chairs,' the book offers a path toward reclaiming the richness of unmediated human dialogue in the digital age.

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Most Recommended by Sherry

The books Sherry Turkle references, cites, and recommends most frequently.

Emotional Intelligence

by Daniel Goleman

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Goleman argues that EQ matters more than IQ for success. Self-awareness, empathy, and emotional regulation are skills that can be developed and that predict real-world outcomes.

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Influence

by Robert Cialdini

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Cialdini identifies six universal principles of persuasion: reciprocity, commitment, social proof, authority, liking, and scarcity. Understanding these triggers explains why we say yes, and how others get us to comply.

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The Design of Everyday Things

by Don Norman

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Norman reveals why badly designed objects frustrate us and how good design makes correct use intuitive. The principles, affordances, feedback, constraints, apply far beyond physical products.

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Thinking, Fast and Slow

by Daniel Kahneman

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Kahneman reveals that our minds run on two systems: fast intuition and slow deliberation. Most errors in judgement come from trusting System 1 when the situation demands System 2's careful analysis.

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Quiet

by Susan Cain

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Cain argues that Western culture dangerously undervalues introverts. Quiet people drive creativity and careful thinking, yet workplaces and schools are designed to reward extroversion.

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The Righteous Mind

by Jonathan Haidt

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Haidt argues that moral judgements are driven by intuition, not reason. We are fundamentally groupish, and understanding our innate moral foundations explains why good people disagree politically.

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The Paradox of Choice

by Barry Schwartz

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Schwartz argues that too many options don't liberate us but paralyse us. Reducing choices and embracing 'good enough' leads to greater satisfaction than endlessly optimising for the best.

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Influence Map

Who Sherry draws from, and who draws from Sherry — aggregated across every book in this collection. Counts show the number of citation links, not the depth of each one.

Sherry cites most often

1Daniel Goleman
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2Robert Cialdini
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3Don Norman
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4Daniel Kahneman
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5Susan Cain
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6Jonathan Haidt
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7Barry Schwartz
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