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People are lonely. The network is seductive. But if we are always on, we may deny ourselves the rewards of solitude.

Sherry Turkle

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Sherry Turkle
Age: 76
Born: 1948
Born: June 18
Non-Fiction Writer
Professor
Psychologist
Sociologist
University Teacher
New York City
New York
Always
People
Seductive
Network
Rewards
Solitude
Deny
Lonely
May

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