Zeke Shatzer’s Reviews > Alone Together: Why We Expect More from Technology and Less from Each Other > Status Update

“A sacred place is not a place to hide out. It is a place where we recognize ourselves and our commitments.” -Pg 277

“Communities are constituted by physical proximity, shared concerns, real consequences, and common responsibilities.” -Pg 239

“The elements of an apology are meant to lay the psychological groundwork for healing—and this means healing both for the person who has been offended and for the person who has offended…Technology makes it easy to blur the line between confession and apology.” -Pg 234

“…the connected life encourages us to treat those we meet online in something of the same way we treat objects.” -Pg 168

“Today, our machine dream is to be never alone but always in control. This can’t happen when one is face-to-face with a person.” -Pg 157

“Dependence on a robot presents itself as risk free. But when one becomes accustomed to ‘companionship’ without demands, life with people may seem overwhelming. Dependence on a person is risky—it makes us subject to rejection—but it also opens us to deeply knowing another. Robotic companionship may seen a sweet deal, but it consigns us to a closed world.” -Pg 66