The Ampathy Diaries

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"I wanted it to be a am you know, that the book wouldn't do its work if i couldn't make a reader be im pathic with me," she says. "The book is my trying too write a book that can make you, that can evoke some ampathy with me in my vulnerability."

Psychologist and author Sherry Turkle of MIT talks about her book, The Empathy Diaries, with EconTalk host Russ Roberts. The Empathy Diaries is a memoir about Turkle's secretive family and how that secrecy turned Turkle into an acute observer, skilled at revealing the story behind the story. She also chronicles the early days of artificial intelligence and the evolution of the computer. Topics in this conversation include the challenges of family, the role of technology in our lives, the limits of artificial intelligence, and the importance of Bambi.