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Sherry Turkle, Alone Together: Why We Expect More from Technology and Less from Each Other Quotes: When people turn other people into selfobjects, they are trying to turn a person into a kind of spare part.
         

When people turn other people into selfobjects, they are trying to turn a person into a kind of spare part.


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