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The Empathy Diaries
by Sherry Turkle
Turkle's memoir: a Brooklyn childhood with a secret, Radcliffe, Paris, MIT, and how she came to study what machines do to us. Personal and reflective.
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you want the woman behind the research.
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you want her findings.
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Three things you will actually use
- Secrets shape attention.
- Empathy is learned.
- Life informs work.
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Read the chapters on her stepfather.
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Turkle's memoir.
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