One of the books that I am reading now is called “Alone Together: Why We Expect More from Technology and Less from Each Other” by Sherry Turkle. The book is divided into two parts – the first focusing on the relationship dynamic between robots and people and the second on recent developments such as Facebook, Twitter and the like.
Over the past several years, I’ve realized (particularly in the workplace) that more and more people are turning towards technology and less to each other. I am reading this book because I am just a victim to this unfortunate trend and I am at a point where I can’t afford to stay the course any longer.
This fact doesn’t lessen my interest in the subject as there is a great deal of psychology embedded within this topic that warrants understanding.
I’ll share more thoughts about this book as I progress further. In the meantime, here is a video of a robot (not from this text) that exemplifies the lure of a robot as a potential replacement or stand-in for another human being:
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