Sherry Turkle’s exemplary research on technology as it relates to humans, personal relationships and children has provided key insights as the computer has ingrained itself in our world. While her early chronicles on innovative technologies were impressive, I felt that the more important contributions were her insights challenging the unbridled enthusiasm of innovative technologists and how technology often compromised privacy. This memoir—primarily devoted to the period from her childhood through her tenure appointment years (1948-1985)—presents more details related to the person behind early works like The Second Self than the researcher who later penned Life on the Screen and Alone Together [1]. That said, the book does cogently capture how Turkle came to the interdisciplinary framework that has often set her apart. Or, as she puts it, “I found my life’s work by navigating as a bricoleur, trying one thing and stepping back, making new connections, and most...
Skip Nav Destination
Article navigation
October 2021
October 14 2021
The Empathy Diaries: A Memoir
The Empathy Diaries: A
Memoir
. By Sherry
Turkic
. Penguin Press
, 2021
. 384
pp. Hardcover. ISBN-10: 0-525560092; ISBN-13:
978-0525560098
.
Amy Ione
Amy Ione
the Diatrope Institute, 2342 Shattuck Avenue, #527 Berkeley, CA 94704,
USA. Email: [email protected].
Search for other works by this author on:
Amy Ione
Director
the Diatrope Institute, 2342 Shattuck Avenue, #527 Berkeley, CA 94704,
USA. Email: [email protected].
Online ISSN: 1530-9282
Print ISSN: 0024-094X
©2021 ISAST
2021
ISAST
Leonardo (2021) 54 (5): 583–586.
Citation
Amy Ione; The Empathy Diaries: A Memoir. Leonardo 2021; 54 (5): 583–586. doi: https://doi.org/10.1162/leon_r_02128
Download citation file:
Sign in
Don't already have an account? Register
Client Account
You could not be signed in. Please check your email address / username and password and try again.
Could not validate captcha. Please try again.
Sign in via your Institution
Sign in via your InstitutionEmail alerts
35
Views
Advertisement
Cited By
Related Articles
Angels with Guns: A Memoir on Guy Brett (and David Medalla)
October (April,2022)
The Neural Correlates of Empathy: Experience, Automaticity, and Prosocial Behavior
J Cogn Neurosci (January,2012)
Eisenstein's Paris Diary: An Introduction
October (April,2024)
Paris Diary
October (April,2024)
Related Book Chapters
Memoirs of Surrealism
Surrealist Painters and Poets: An Anthology
Through Memoir
The Inner History of Devices
Empathy?
Art for Coexistence: Unlearning the Way We See Migration
The Development of Empathy
Empathy: From Bench to Bedside