Sherry Turkle’s talk entitled “Connected, but alone?” focused on what technology had done to the humanity, emphasizing that people spend most of the time on the virtual world. She stated that we expect more from technology and less from each other, and I agree with that. Technologies made our works easier and as they emerge in our life, the more that we depend on these. I, myself, sometimes rely on the internet and not to people because I find it more reliable. But this created a habit that brought bad effects. One effect is I would rather be on the phone than to talk to people. We would likely find leisure on technology and this is why we tend to care less to others.

     Another point is “Technology appeals to us most where we are most vulnerable.” Because we are vulnerable and lonely, we look for a companion. And technologies seem to show that they could be a companion as they offer fantasies that we seek. One of which is we will never be alone as technologies seem to be a friend we want. With these, we rather shift our attention to technologies and would forget the real connection.

     Indeed, technologies provide comfort to us but with too much and improper usage, have turned the generation to be more virtually sociable than in reality. Phones down and let ourselves do the talking and sharing, maybe we could see the beauty of real connection.