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<p>"Some simple lessons I learned: Engage your creative
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<p>In a neat series of time capsules tagged to his MIT experience, Neil
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<p>"This is part of a larger story of people's new experience of
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sophisticated devices make Sherry Turkle uneasy, since they challenge the idea of human
relationships and the very "purpose, importance, of living things."</p>
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<strong class="middle_bar_author">Cynthia Breazeal SM '93, SCD '00</strong><br />
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<p>With this newsletter, MIT World completes its 7th year of publication with a
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in the collection. We will take our annual hiatus to get ready for the new year,
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