Reclaiming Conversation

The Power of Talk in a Digital Age

De: Sherry Turkle

Narrado por: Kirsten Potter

The 10th anniversary edition, with a new preface by the author

“A persuasive and intimate book . . . showing how, phones in hand, we turn away from our children, friends, and coworkers, even from ourselves.”—Carlos Lozada, The Washington Post

“[Turkle] presents a powerful case that a new communication revolution is degrading the quality of human relationships.”—The New York Review of Books

A prescient bestseller a decade ago, and essential today—with new insight into the threats of generative AI.

Sherry Turkle, long an enthusiast for the promise of digital technology, now investigates its troubling consequence: at work, at home, in politics, and in love, we have sacrificed conversation for mere connection. At the dinner table, children compete with phones for their parents’ attention. At work, we retreat to our screens and home offices, forgoing the water-cooler conversation that once made us more productive and engaged. Online, we post opinions that our friends will agree with, avoiding the real conflicts and solutions of the public square. When we turn to our devices instead of to one another, the cost is our own humanity.

But there is good news: conversation cures. Face-to-face dialogue builds empathy, friendship, and creativity; it’s the cornerstone of democracy and good for the bottom line. Drawing on five years of research and interviews in homes, schools, and the workplace, Turkle makes the paradigm-shifting case for conversation.

©2015 Sherry Turkle (P)2015 Penguin Audio

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“Turkle is by no means antitechnology. But after a career examining relations between people and computers, she blends her description with advocacy. She presents a powerful case that a new communication revolution is degrading the quality of human relationships.”—Jacob Weisberg, The New York Review of Books

“Turkle deftly explores and explains the good and bad of this ‘flight from conversation’ while encouraging parents, teachers and bosses to champion conversation, use technology more intentionally and serve as role models.”—Success, A Best Book of 2015

“Reclaiming Conversation reminds readers what’s at stake when devices win over face-to-face conversation, and that it’s not too late to conquer those bad habits.”—Seattle Times

Awesome Book!.. I really enjoyed this Audiobook!.

Will change the way look at your phone & hopefully change the way you are most likely letting your phone decrease your ability to communicate effectively in our relationships

Very powerful!

It’s time to awake up to the sadness of missed communication and the loss of human interactions.

Very important book!

Well researched and well written. This book is so important for everyone to read/listen to.

Obvious and redundant

While I typically enjoy writings such as these, I found this book to be incredibly obvious and horribly redundant chapter to chapter. The message and information contained is both important and practical, but was drawn out to 50+ chapters in what could have just as easily been fully elucidated in more concise form.

Required reading, audio should have chapters

This book is very important to read, as it addresses a critical issue in our lives and relationships.

My only complaint is that the audio lacks chapter markers or headings in the recording. So I could never know where I was in the structure of the book. Good luck searching later for a key quote!

Information Nation

A bit dated now, and lacking in a lot of the original content I was hoping for. Still a good listen, if you’re looking for a nice pass time.

Important Book for our times, but repetitive.

Turkle's work and perspective are vital for our time, this book was a bit tough to get through in audio form as it's very repetitive.

Introversion is an Issue?

Articulates a number of concerning consequences that arise from increased technology use. However, in some chapters, the author seems to imply that artsy extroversion is inherently superior to logically minded introversion.

Mind Blown

Such an amazing look at our use of technology and how it can be driving us apart from what we need most as a society and individual. I am deeply grateful for this book.

Loved the book

A cogent analysis of what is loss when technology is given a preeminent position in our lives.