Alive Enough? Reflecting on Our Technology with Sherry Turkle [The Civil Conversations Project] (September 1, 2011) [encore]

Summary: Sherry Turkle's book, "Alone Together," created a catchword for anxiety about the alienating potential of technology. But that's not really her message. We explore the real challenge she poses -- that we can and must lead examined lives with our digital objects -- actively shaping technology to human purposes.