Sherry Turkles second Ted Talk, “Connected, but alone?

” started in a view
where technology or the little devices we use are psychologically powerful enough
that they do not only change what we do but also change who we are. I can really
relate to this dilemma because I invest more than half of my time watching movies
or surfing the internet rather than connecting with the people around me. Like even
if we are living on the same house, my parents or my siblings will just simply chat or
text me stuff instead of talking to me in person. With this, I can say that being
connected online does not mean we are alone but it somehow means the opposite
because we get so occupied in trying to connect with people with our devices that we
end up pushing away the people that actually matter. We think that technology is
somehow the key on filling the empty gaps on your life that your family can’t give.
But actually, technology blinds us with fake or unreal things such as attention, the
sense of always being heard and the feeling that we will never be alone. All those
things can be answered with a simple sincere communication to your friends but most
especially to your family. Because through communication we can learn to appreciate
a person’s presence and value every moment that is given and that adds more value
from it. Even though technology is really helpful we should not always depend into it
and that humans should control technology and won’t let technology control us.
Furthermore we should always remember that technology is permanent but the lives
of our loved ones aren’t.