Connected But Alone
According
to Sherry Turkle, our phone gives us three things: We will always be heard, we
will never be alone and we can put our attention wherever we want. The fact is being connected
all the time make us feel even more isolated. When you are using your phone to
connect with others you are hiding from the people around you. The feeling like
no one is listening makes us even more
alone than before, once again we turn to our phones like a never-ending circle
of connection. Sherry Turkle used the saying “I share, therefore I am”, which
she explains that when individuals are not connected we do not feel like ourselves,
turning into isolation.
Hi Brianna, I think you took away the same points from Sherry Turkle's Ted talk that I did. The feeling of isolation that people experience as a result of the amount of time spent on their phones only leads to increased phone usage in an attempt to fill the void in their lives. This creates a vicious cycle in which individuals can never be truly satisfied. What's more, is that the ability to communicate face-to-face is becoming a lost skill. Many young people prefer the filtering that instant messaging provides and are becoming less comfortable with direct speech. Lets hope we can come together as a society and reach out more to those closest to us.
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