Sherry Turkle Interview

I loved her concept of being alone together because as I look around at everyone, it has became the new trend. I have witnessed people falling down stairs trying to walk and text, people sitting across the table from each other more interested in face book than their dinner, and even people who delete pictures/post if they don't get a certain amount of likes. I believe its the idea of wanting others acceptance and even wanting to feel important by staying/remaining consumed in technology. My generation kind of fell into the technological era and never got up. Yes technology progresses, but we remain in a trance where we've lost our social skills and even our manors. Similar to how when someone's doing a presentation and we're so into what's on our computer screen, tablet, or phone that we fail to give people the respect they're due. It's already hard to get in front of a class, but I can imagine it's even harder to get in front of a class where everyone's head is down. It's a part of body language because by not looking at them, we seem uninterested and since we're intrigued by something else, we clearly are. It's not technology's fault, it's how we decide to utilize it.