In Sherry Turkle’s TED Talk “Connected, but alone” she discusses the disadvantages of modern technology and how it is affecting our communication and conversations today. Turkle argues that we are substituting communicating through technology for real human connections and conversations, and as a whole it is making it harder for us to talk to each other.

For example, Turkle talks about an 18 year old boy who talks about wanting to be able to have a real conversation at some point. She mentions how this is a result of utilizing technology such as texting to replace actual conversation because it is easier to control. As a result, when people have face to face conversation it is often awkward for them with little communication.

For the most part I agree with Turkle’s claim that people’s use of technology has made it harder to form connections and have meaningful conversations. I have seen it happen with people around me. However, I also believe that people want to be able to have more meaningful conversations now as they realize technology sometimes takes that away.