Massasoit Reads: Community Book Discussion: August- Alone Together
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When you’re shopping for food, or “anything to do with eating or [where] the sensuous food preparation is happening”
Class: According to Turkle, most elite universities are banning phones and laptops in class because “you take better notes by hand.”
Your bedroom—“it’s bad for intimacy.”
Your children’s bedroom—“it’s bad for sleeping.”
The car, as driver—“you’ll kill yourself.”
The car, as passenger, unless you’re on a “50-hour road trip,” in which case maybe some solo movie time can be negotiated. But keep in mind, in-car chatter is “the conversations children remember for the rest of their lives.”
The playground
Your children’s swim meets and ball games—“you’ve already wasted your Saturday, put the phone down.”
When you’re picking your child up for school—it’s “heartbreaking” if you’re looking at your phone when your child wants your attention.
"It's not an anti-itch position; its a pro-conversation position" - Sherry Turkle, The Atlantic
