"Renowned media scholar Sherry Turkle investigates how a flight from conversation undermines our relationships, creativity, and productivity--and why reclaiming face-to-face conversation can help us regain lost ground,"--Amazon.com.

The case for conversation. The empathy diaries ; The flight from conversation -- One chair. Solitude ; Self-reflection -- Two chairs. Family ; Friendship ; Romance -- Three chairs. Education ; Work -- The path forward. The public square ; The nick of time -- A fourth chair? The end of forgetting.