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1 " The idea that we can be exactly what the other desires is a powerful fantasy. "
― Sherry Turkle , Alone Together: Why We Expect More from Technology and Less from Each Other
2 " Because you can text while doing something else, texting does not seem to take time but to give you time. This is more than welcome; it is magical. "
3 " A sacred space is not a place to hide out. It is a place where we recognize ourselves and our commitments. "
4 " To understand desire, one needs language and flesh. "
5 " Discovering an inner history requires listening – and often not to the first story told. "
6 " It's too late to leave the future to the futurists. "
7 " I miss those days even though I wasn't alive. "
8 " The idea of being vulnerable leaves a lot of room for choice. There is always room to be less foldable, more evil. "
9 " One of the emotional affordances of digital communication is that one can always hide behind deliberated nonchalance. "
10 " We expect more from technology and less from each other. "
11 " Eric Erikson writes that in their search for identity, adolescents need a place of stillness, a place to gather themselves. "
12 " Overstimulated, we seek out constrained worlds. "
13 " Texting is more direct. You don't have to use conversation filler. "
14 " Laboratory research suggests that how we look and act in the virtual affect our behavior in the real. "
15 " The way we contemplate technology on the horizon says much about who we are and who we are willing to become. "
16 " We go from curiosity to a search for communion. "
17 " Addiction is to the habits of mind that technology allows us to practice. "
18 " As adults, we can develop and change our opinions. In childhood, we establish the truth of our hearts. "
19 " She had set it on the Internet, its own peculiar echo chamber. "
20 " Children make theories when they are confused or anxious. "