Sherry Turle Alone Together
1. Of this week’s reading Alone Together by Sherry Turkle draw on various observation between human being and machine that indicates humans are beginning to rely too much on technology , and that it may have a negative effect on how humans connect with one another.
2. In the reading, Sherry Turkle is implicating putting forward that’s humans are distancing themselves from each other and instead relying on technology for companionship. Turkle proves these ideas by observing how children, adults and the elderly interact with these social robots. Children crave the attention and affection of the robots and get unhappy when it they feel like the robot is interested in another child. The introduction to robots in nursing homes has enabled the elderly
to feel important once again because they can take care of their robots and in return they feel less lonely and loved because they now have someone by their side that they can communicate with. Also, the popularity of instant message or text has tarnished the connection between human being because even though text allows for faster communication, we can easily ignore each other’s text.
3. The Overall takeaway, I think that Sherry Turkle is encouraging us to humans to reconnect with one another because it seems like we have been relying on too much technology, we rely on technology to keep us connected, to make us feel loved, important and less lonely.
2. In the reading, Sherry Turkle is implicating putting forward that’s humans are distancing themselves from each other and instead relying on technology for companionship. Turkle proves these ideas by observing how children, adults and the elderly interact with these social robots. Children crave the attention and affection of the robots and get unhappy when it they feel like the robot is interested in another child. The introduction to robots in nursing homes has enabled the elderly
to feel important once again because they can take care of their robots and in return they feel less lonely and loved because they now have someone by their side that they can communicate with. Also, the popularity of instant message or text has tarnished the connection between human being because even though text allows for faster communication, we can easily ignore each other’s text.
3. The Overall takeaway, I think that Sherry Turkle is encouraging us to humans to reconnect with one another because it seems like we have been relying on too much technology, we rely on technology to keep us connected, to make us feel loved, important and less lonely.