Ted Talk With Turkle

      I think that the internet is such an easy thing to become addicted to because it literally knows everything that you don't. The same can be said for social media, because people are not comfortable with solitude like humans used to be before technology. So, often you see people who can't sit and do nothing; people will use their one free moment in the day to check all their feeds or to watch Netflix. This becomes habitual and everyone is guilty of it. Our connections online are almost fake in a sense, because we desire a greater connection than we are receiving. If someone doesn't like your picture or text you back, it means they are uninteresting in the content you are sharing.
     A human's natural reaction is to connect with other humans. In my opinion, I believe that we, as humans, are losing our ability to connect with others simply because our world's are revolving around our devices. In other terms, I think that we should shift towards lessening the need for social media. This type of outlet was originally created to connect people virtually, but has unfortunately caused more people to become susceptible to having an inability to give the necessary attention to the person they are physically with simply because their devices take priority.
     In Turkle's lecture, she expresses the deep devotion humans have to our devices. I personally can't argue with this notion, because so much of my day is taken up by my need to fill time with being online. This habit of needing to see what others are doing and interacting virtually is problematic, because we are losing our ability to connect with others on a personal level. Turkle's perspectives seemed to be the least attacking towards the reader; she looked more at the psychological effects on people than directing blame on others.
     As time goes on, technology will keep advancing as it has proven to do in the past. As this happens, our need for devices can only increase, especially for kids in the next generation. Younger generations are more in trouble because devices already play a role in their lives. For instance, a parent will give their phone to their kid to play angry birds to pass time or to shut them up for a while. Their dependence on devices at such an early age will only increase their need for technology later on in life. This is problematic, because technology will never go away, it will keep improving and advancing which will only increase our desire to have it which will make our connections with others even worse than they are today.