"The nostalgia of the young" ahhh sounds refreshing such an interesting phrase and a catchy title at that. I must say Turkle did this reading justice. I could relate to this reading. I'm sure all the nonfiction and fiction characters in the books I have read can agree with Turkle that the young has lost their identity. In all the books I have read all the characters somehow lost their identity maybe not to technology but had some kind of trouble finding who they were. They yearned for simplicity in life but found it hard. Now let's talk about this technological society which we live in. it's pure madness I tell you!!!.
I wish that technology was not around sometimes because people have turned into computer nerd's geeks whatever you wanna call it that’s what they are. I am a social person and I cannot spend my life on the computer. Wait forget it I'm on the computer every day of my life. lol I swear computer and, texting is a bad habit that people refuse to break. When I am doing HW I find it hard to concentrate and where do I end up on freaking Facebook procrastinating. The darn social sites I can't stand it, if it was up to me I would read books all day all night get lost. I personally think we do not need technology sooo much as we think we do but will anyone ever try for one day to leave their phones alone I doubt it!!!!!. Heck is wrong with people, next thing you know we have robots teaching classes in 2012.
I do think that we all lack something so we try to stay connected. Just like authors use writing as an outlet to stay connected with the world and to gain attention through story telling. today people find the need to stay connected as Turkle says and it is true but what are we staying connected to….(silence) nothing I don’t think. I think we are trying to find a wrong connection instead of connecting with ourselves first mentally.
Your last sentence is profound! I'm such a computer junkie and your whole posting spoke to me.
ReplyDeleteI agree! I don't think we need technology as much as we think we do but then why is it so hard to stay disconnected from Facebook?
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ReplyDeletethis post is super powerful and I really enjoyed it. It's like our generation has an addiction to social networks and texting and the side effects are our loss of intimacy as Turkle stated
Wow, what a great post. I love that last paragraph!
ReplyDeleteIt's not just facebook that's distracting...everything in my room can be a distraction to me.
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