Turkle writes that “conversation unfolds slowly. It teaches patience. … [W]e use conversation with others to learn to converse with ourselves” (pars. 14–15). What pattern is revealed in the examples...

Turkle writes that “conversation unfolds slowly. It teaches patience. … [W]e use conversation with others to learn to converse with ourselves” (pars. 14–15).

What pattern is revealed in the examples Turkle offers when arguing in favor of the benefits of conversation on our thinking and our emotions? What does this pattern reveal?

According to Turkle, conversation helps a person be alone, but not lonely, a seeming paradox (pars. 20–24). What is your experience? Does texting friends and family enhance closeness? Does not texting make you anxious or lonely?