summary: connected, but alone

Sherry Turkle talks about technology once again after 15 years since her previous TED talk in 1996. She brings up how new generations of people are more attached to their cellphones and computers. In the video she states how we are not focused on the people in front of us, but to our little smart phones, that we carry at all times on us. Sherry also said that we are becoming less social. We focus on talking to others with our cellphones, that we don't know how to have a conversation with other people face to face. Also that having conversations with other people right in front of you is too hard because we can't edit or delete, once we say something its already out there and can't be taken back. She also comments on how no one is listening and that we can make others listen to us on social media. Because of this people are also said to be changing themselves or they are not who they really are. Another thing about technology is that we use it to comfort ourselves with it, like how we post on social media to get others to listen. The truth is that it is all an illusion and we pretend that someone is there actually caring and listening, giving us a fake feel of empathy.