i think we really need to rethink all of that, because the amount of talk in these class rooms was way, way down. And even before coted, there was this horrible movement to have everybody with a, you know, a virtual blackboard and filling in things on their virtual screens. We need to emphasize talking, negotiation, listening. There's a line in my book where i say, we are the amphitheap. People are the amphithea, the only amphithep. So compassion, ampathy, active listening, giving each other the benefit of the doubt, these are not things any screens have to teach us.
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.