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Every book Sherry Turkle recommended on podcasts
Books recommended by Sherry Turkle
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Playing and Reality
Recommended“one of the books that I'm going to say is one of the, I know you asked for my favorite books, and one of the books I'm going to suggest is ZW Winnicott playing in reality, where he talks about the early internalization of objects, how we grow, how we develop in inner life, how we bring things inside.”
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Computer Power and Human Reason
Recommended“And then the third is Joseph Weisenbaum, computer power and human reason, the book that talks about the Eliza program, yes, but he also talks about technology more in general, which is you can have, you know, if you don't just think that computers can be like people, but that people can be like machines, you, you give up your”
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The Origins of Totalitarianism
The Origins of Totalitarianism by Hannah Arendt is a landmark 1951 political science classic that examines the historical roots, psychological conditions, and social atomization that gave rise to Nazi and Stalinist regimes.
Recommended“And the second is, uh, Hannah Arendt, uh, the origins of totalitarianism because she says look, agency can be taken from you if you really lose a sense of community, a sense of neighbor, a sense of caring about the, the society in which you live, which I think is a real, I think she's having a moment because I”
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Books Sherry Turkle wrote
Appearances
| Episode | Podcast | Date | Books |
|---|---|---|---|
| Is It a Relationship if No One’s on the Other Side? | The Ezra Klein Show | 2026-10-14 | 4 |
Other mentions (5: passing, ad reads, own books)
Plugged The Empathy Diaries
“and it turns out that readers of the book will find out that i didn't have the best birth father”
Plugged The Empathy Diaries
“the empathy diaries isn't supposed to be me showing that i'm i'm so great i'm empathic with other people look at me i'm empathic with my student”
Plugged Reclaiming Conversation
“if you don't talk about and this is again where i think my emphasis on conversation comes in my in my work i wrote a book called reclaiming conversation and i'm passionate about it”
Passing War and Peace
“and we're having a conversation which would not be enhanced if you were also reading like war and peace on a screen on your spectacles off to the side off to the side”
Plugged The Empathy Diaries
“this is something i try to talk about a little bit in in the empathy diaries in other words um empathy is an active it's an active thing”