Discussed in this review:

Reclaiming Conversation: The Power of Talk in a Digital Age. By Sherry Turkle. Penguin. October 2015. ISBN: 978-1594205552. 448 pages. Hardcover, $16.00

We Need to Talk: How to Have Conversations That Matter. By Celeste Headlee. Harper Wave. September 2017. ISBN: 978-0062669001. 272 pages. Hardcover, $21.00

When it was first published in 2015, Sherry Turkle’s Reclaiming Conversation: The Power of Talk in a Digital Age read as essential, even urgent. Now, viewed through the lens of 2020, the book is even more relevant and timely. Dr. Turkle’s academic training in both sociology and psychology, and her deep research in the areas of culture and technology, prepared her to carefully examine the ways individuals interact with their devices and how they use those devices to interact—or not interact—with others.