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Technology doesn't just do things for us. It does things to us, changing not just what we do but who we are.

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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
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