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Name: Alone Together
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Author: Sherry Turkle

Sherry Turkle

Why We Expect More From Technology and Less From Each Other

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What’s in it for me? Learn how today’s tech connected world is actually making us more miserable.

It’s never been easier to connect with another person. Today, thanks to digital devices we’re living fully networked lives; we’re available to chat, answer email or work around the clock.

At the same time there’s also been an evolution in robotics, so that robots not only take on difficult or dangerous jobs for us but also care for us – and even have demands of their own.

These blinks explore these two strands of today’s digital culture by looking into how technology both enhances our everyday experiences and changes the way we relate to each other – not necessarily for the better.

In the following blinks, you’ll learn

how a seal-like robot has been designed to take care of the elderly;
why many girls use “shrinking” software on profile pictures to appear thinner; and
how being constantly available online actually makes us anxious.

You won’t have to take care of your elderly parents in the future; robots will do this for you.

Have you ever wondered who'll take care of your parents as they get older? You? Your siblings? Someone else?

Well, many people believe that robots will eventually become our caretakers. In some places like Japan, they may even be a necessity.

Some 25 years ago, Japanese demographers concluded that Japan wouldn’t have enough young people to take care of the elderly in the future. So they began developing a robot called Wandakun that would be able to help.

Wandakun is a fuzzy koala that purrs, sings and speaks a few phrases when it's touched. It can serve as a companion to the elderly. Speaking about Wandakun, one 74-year-old man said, “I fell in love after years of being quite lonely...I swore to protect and care for the little animal.”

For many people, robots have changed the very notion of “care.” We used to think “care” meant caring about someone, but now it often means taking care of someone – something a robot may be able to do.

In 2005, the International Symposium for Contemplative Studies discussed the potential uses of caregiving robots. Speaking of a machine that cuts people's toenails, one attendee said, “That is a caring computer. Or [one that] talks with you if you are lonely. Same thing.”

Some people don't think there's an important difference between a real person and a robot performing caregiving tasks. They're both taking care, which is enough.

Miriam, a 72-year-old who lives in a nursing home, is quite fond of her seal-like robot Paro, with whom she talks and shares secrets. In the end, Paro doesn't and can't truly care about her, but the nursing staff and scientists who created Paro don't think this is a problem.

When robots ask us to care for them, the line between the animate and inanimate begins to blur.

It's not only the elderly and their caretakers who've started using robots as companions. A wider audience is also beginning to accept them. Why?

One reason is that we start to forget that robots are machines when they start asking us for care.

Robots can keep the lonely company; in some cases, a robot is preferable to a family member!

We've seen that certain robots can seem “real” enough that we are compelled to consider what they “need.”

And for some people, robots are real enough to become actual social companions as well, fulfilling our social needs.

As robots become more lifelike, we can get very attached to or even emotionally hurt by them.

Robots have become an integral part of our culture, and, in the future, may become more and more like humans. Yet what sort of effects will these lifelike robots have on us?

Well, it’s possible that we'll become more attached to them. Older people with few friends or companions are particularly susceptible to this, becoming enchanted by robots quite quickly.

Robots can cause people to neglect, or even lose track of altogether, their human relationships.

Are relationships with robots always positive? Or perhaps we should ask, are human relationships always positive?

Interestingly, certain people may be prone to neglect their human relationships in favor of robotic ones. Some people may become so involved with their robots that they forget the people around them.

Teens stress over how they are perceived online, and spend tons of time improving their identities.

These days, people – especially teenagers – are spending more and more time on the internet, creating and building their online “identity.”

Developmental psychologist Erik Erikson said that identity play, a term that describes when people experiment with who they are, is an important part of adolescence. Today, there are all sorts of new opportunities for identity play, thanks to technology.

Talking on the phone is less common these days, as people now prefer to text or send emails.

Did you spend hours talking on the phone with friends as an adolescent? Today teens are more likely to text and message each other constantly, instead of calling.

Even adults tend to use the phone less, partly as they think phone calls now are too demanding.

With smartphones, we’re expected to be available all the time, yet this can cause stress.

Can you remember the last time you intentionally went somewhere without your phone?

When you do leave your phone behind, accidentally or intentionally, it may make you nervous. These days, we’re expected to be reachable at a moment’s notice, at all times of the day.

Online identities can mean freedom for some people, but a prison for others.

Sharing ideas and meeting people online can be a positive experience. But be wary, as online identities shouldn't take over your real life.

Often when a person is having a hard time in real life, turning to the internet is a relief, a chance to live another life in a digital skin, with an online persona.

The public nature of our online lives, and the permanence of online actions, can cause anxiety.

Do you ever browse Facebook photos of people you barely know? If so, you're not alone.

Following people's lives online is something most of us do. It's also the source of a great deal of stress.

Many people feel overwhelmed by technology, and want to connect on a human level again.

Do you ever wish you could just get away from technology, if even for a short time?

It’s not an uncommon thought. Some people go on self-imposed “media fasts” so they have to reach out to others via phone or even person-to-person, the “old-fashioned” way.

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Technology has changed our lives tremendously – in some ways for the better and in some ways for the worse. Alone Together explains how even though a great deal of new technology, like smartphones and social media, is supposed to bring us together, it actually makes us lonelier in the end.

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We ask technology to perform what used to be loves labor: Taking care of each other.

—Sherry Turkle

Wer Alone Together lesen sollte

Anyone interested in technology
Anyone interested in society and psychology
Anyone interested in how technological changes are affecting us

Über den Autor

Sherry Turkle is a professor at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT). She's written several books on human-technology interaction, and she's also the founder and director of the MIT Initiative on Technology and Self.

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