by Sherry Turkle
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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It draws on Emotional Intelligence, Quiet and The Righteous Mind.
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Documents a 40 percent decline in empathy among college students, directly challenging the development of Goleman's emotional intelligence competencies in a generation raised on screens
Engages with Cain's argument about the power of solitude and quiet reflection, extending it to show how constant digital connectivity destroys the capacity for self-reflection that introverts and extroverts alike need
Builds on Haidt's research on moral reasoning and social intuitionism to argue that the decline of face-to-face conversation weakens our capacity for moral engagement and mutual understanding
Extends Schwartz's paradox of choice into the digital realm, showing how unlimited communication options paradoxically impoverish the quality of our conversations and relationships
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