Left to Our Own Devices: Outsmarting Smart Technology to Reclaim Our Relationships, Health, and Focus - Paperbackby Margaret E. Morris (Author), Sherry Turkle (Foreword by) Unexpected ways that individuals adapt technology to reclaim what matters to them, from working through conflict with smart lights to celebrating gender transition with selfies. We have been warned about the psychological perils of technology: distraction, difficulty empathizing, and loss of the ability (or desire) to carry on a conversation. But our devices and data are woven into our lives.