Children make theories when they are confused or anxious.

— Sherry Turkle

Computers brought philosophy into everyday life.

— Sherry Turkle

Connectivity becomes a craving.

— Sherry Turkle

Discovering an inner history requires listening – and often not to the first story told.

— Sherry Turkle

Eric Erikson writes that in their search for identity, adolescents need a place of stillness, a place to gather themselves.

— Sherry Turkle

Face-to-face with a computer, people reflected on who they were in the mirror of the machine.

— Sherry Turkle

Fantasies and wishes carry their own significant messages.

— Sherry Turkle

For him, mastery of the game world is a source of joy.

— Sherry Turkle

From the earliest days, video game players were less interested in winning than in going to a new psychic place where things were always a bit different, but always the same. The gambler and the video game player share a life of contradiction; you are overwhelmed, and so you disappear into the game.

— Sherry Turkle

He experiences a connection where knowledge does not interfere with wonder.

— Sherry Turkle