Connected, but alone?

Subsequent to watching “Connected, but alone?” by Sherry Turkle, one can concur to several points presented in the video. The first point I most agreed with was the with the goldilocks affect. Individuals have now gotten to state in which they want to have power over how they communicate. People now a days don’t want to over communicate or under communicate; they want to communicate just the right amount and the most effective way to do this is through technology. To illustrate, when individuals send text messages to each other they have time to compose a message in which they have control in what will be said, but when people communicate in real life they have seconds to reply confining the individual’s power of controlling the context that will be said. Consequently, true emotion, true thought and true opinion is lost through text messages. The second point I agreed with was technology is taking over verbal communication. In the past couple of years, every time I go to restaurants it never fails for me to witness couples using their phones even after their food comes out. Occasionally, they will glance back up and exchange a few words. This proves that technology has taken over individuals to the point where people can’t even interact with each other without their phones interfering. Altogether, Sherry was able to present agreeable points such as goldilocks affect and technology taking over verbal communication.