The Robotic Moment: When Technology Displaces Authentic Human Connection

MIT sociologist Sherry Turkle warns that we've reached a critical juncture where our growing delegation of human relationships to technology and robots is eroding our capacity for genuine connection and emotional nuance. After three decades of research, she argues that our once-enthusiastic embrace of technology has become unhealthily dependent, risking the loss of irreplaceable skills in reading emotions, navigating social complexity, and forming authentic intimacy that define our humanity.