Midday with Dan Rodricks 3-29-11 Hour 2 Alone Together

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Technology promises to let us do anything from anywhere with anyone. But this digital access to intimacy and companionship has left us lonelier than ever. Our guest Sherry Turkle, professor of the Social Studies of Science at MIT, writes about the new solitude brought on by endless connection in her new book “Alone Together: Why We Expect More from Technology and Less From Each Other”.