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== ''Reclaiming Conversation'' ==
''Reclaiming Conversation and The Power of Talk in A Digital Age'' (2015) is Turkle's examination of evolving interpersonal and intrapersonal communications,. In the preamble, Turkle cites Henry David Thoreau's Walden as providing guidance for the structure of the book: "I had three chairs in my house; one for solitude, two for friendship, three for society."<ref>Thoreau, Henry (1845). Walden. ''Boston: Ticknor and Fields.''</ref> This book is thus divided into three general parts: a single chair for intrapersonal communication, two chairs concerning the importance of conversations in friendships, families and romances, and three chairs for interpersonal communication such as in school, work, and politics.<ref>Claire, Steinberger (Spring 2017). "Book Reviews: Reclaiming Conversation". ''Journal of Psychohistory''. 44: 334–338 – via Academic Search Complete</ref> Turkle gathered data from schools, companies, families, and articulates the statistical and psychoanalytic barriers that have forced users to "sacrifice conversation for mere connection".<ref name=":1" /> This trade-off in interwoven intimacies and apps ultimately withholds the necessary "face-to-face experiences that are needed for generating authentic connection".<ref name=":0">Kathleen, Cumiskey (Winter 2016). "Walden Three?". ''The American Journal of Psychology''. 129: 488–493 </ref>

The capacity to interact on a personal or private basis is the cornerstone to empathy, and Turkle argues that loneliness is also essential to this.<ref>Turkle, Sherry (2016). ''Reclaiming Conversation: The Power of Talk in a Digital Age''. New York: Penguin. pp. 60–62 {{ISBN?}}</ref> Paradoxically, Turkle presents the blossoming of technologies role in our reconciliation of lonely experiences and maintaining close social interactions.<ref name=":0" /> While access to mobile devices can empower connections with pre-existing relationships, it can also harm the general sense of solitude and ability to meet personal and social standards on a grander scale. The ability to connect through technology then becomes the compromise that chatting online is "better than nothing".<ref name=":0" />

Turkle gave a talk for Google about her book ''Reclaiming Conversation.''<ref>[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=awFQtX7tPoI "Sherry Turkle: 'Reclaiming Conversation' | Talks at Google". Youtube.]</ref>

[[Aziz Ansari]] responded to ''Reclaiming Conversation'' by saying, "In a time in which the ways we communicate and connect are constantly changing, and not always for the better, Sherry Turkle provides a much needed voice of caution and reason to help explain what the f*** is going on."<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://sherryturkle.com/insights/books/|title=Books {{!}} Sherry Turkle|work=Sherry Turkle|access-date=2018-04-22|language=en-US|archive-date=2018-04-23|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180423165931/https://sherryturkle.com/insights/books/|url-status=dead}}</ref>