Is technology killing empathy? With Sherry Turkle, PhD

Speaking of Psychology

Kim Mills

Health & Fitness, Life Sciences, Science, Mental Health

4.3 • 781 Ratings

🗓️ 4 May 2022

⏱️ 44 minutes

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Over the past couple of decades, our devices have become our constant companions. More and more, we live in a digital, virtual world. Dr. Sherry Turkle, MIT professor and founding director of the MIT Initiative on Technology and Self, discusses how digital communication has affected our ability to talk to each other, how conversation itself changed in the digital age, why she thinks social media is an “anti-empathy machine” and her advice on how to reclaim space for conversation in our lives. Links Sherry Turkle, PhD Speaking of Psychology Homepage Sponsor Newport Healthcare Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:42.3	including tech-related issues like gaming disorder and social media addiction.
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1:03.7	our devices have become our constant companions. About 85% of Americans now own a smartphone,
1:15.5	up from just 35% a decade ago, and more than 70% of us are on at least one social media site, according to the Pew Research Center. These days,
1:20.7	old friends are more likely to catch up with each other's news via social media or a text message
1:25.5	rather than a phone call or a chat over coffee.
1:28.3	Work meetings have moved to Zoom, and for some of us, that change may be permanent.
1:33.3	More and more we live in a digital, virtual world.
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