![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() And how it can change us and turn us into someone who would rather be on their phone then have a conversation with another person. Has allowed us to satisfy our need for human connection, to socialize with one another and remain Together while Alone. In Sherry Turkle’s TED Talk, Connected, But Alone, April 2012, Turkle discusses all the impacts technology can make in our lives, socially and mentally. So…in the end…this technology that used to keep us disengaged from one another has actually reengaged us with with one another. And I have even FaceTimed with a local shopkeeper who helped me pick out a gift for my niece along with a few books for myself. I have attended online Happy Hours…family reunions…story time with our grandkids…sales meetings…conferences…speaking engagements. And this same technology that pulled us away from one another is now allowing us to be together – socially. Recently, Turkle published Alone Together: Why We Expect More from Technology and Less from Each Other. But being social is at the very core of who we are as humans. It is this very same technology that has now become paramount in enabling us to sustain our human connection during this time when we are all forced to be apart. We have been isolating at home due to COVID19. Now fast forward to today – nine years later after this book was written. ![]()
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