Sherry Turkle has edited three books that explore how technology ''intrudes on our lives.''
(Pat Greenhouse/Globe Staff)
Social Scientist Sherry Turkle | Meeting the Minds
She studies our affection for objects
Sherry Turkle has edited three books that explore how technology ''intrudes on our lives.''
(Pat Greenhouse/Globe Staff)
In 1976, when Sherry Turkle arrived at MIT to teach the sociology of science, she quickly noticed how the still-new computer was becoming part of the fabric and language of daily life. When she probed deeper, she found "there was a real passionate attachment to the computer, a possibility to project yourself into the machine." (Full article: 794 words)
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