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Looking toward a Balance between the Past and the Future (Sherry Turkle)

• 1995 ----- color ----- 29 min ----- vhs
• (Upon Reflection series) Host Marcia Alvar speaks with Sherry Turkle. Described by Time as the "Margaret Mead of Silicon", Turkle, an MIT sociologist and clinical psychologist, discusses how the ability to construct parallel identities and parallel lives through the use of computing technologies is eradicating the boundaries between self and machine. Breakthroughts in computer design, virtual reality and artificial intelligence are redefining human identity by allowing users to "cycle through" a variety of roles.
• Topics: (Computer Sciences, Psychology: Clinical/Counseling, Sociology)

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