Topic > The threats of technology in the book Alone by Sherry Turkle...

“Eat two chocolate bars and call me in the morning,” the doctor tells his patient. Advice like this seems like every sugar addict's dream, but recent studies have in fact confirmed that chocolate positively affects depression and anxiety. Likewise, high technology surprisingly seems to help humans continue to dominate this world, but meanwhile high technology callously “attacks” humans. In the book “Alone Together,” Sherry Turkle revisits an old argument about technological substitutions. He claims that technology threatens to dominate people's lives and make them less human. In the illusion of allowing people to communicate better and live more conveniently, they actually isolate themselves from real human interactions in a cyber reality that is a poor imitation of the real world. Apparently, since humans have countless productive and unique qualities, humans cannot and should never be replaced by “man-made robots.” However, as people abuse digital social networks to replace face-to-face interaction and become so obsessed with constructing an idealized image of others through permitted manipulation of social identity, the impact of technology on human relationships should be worried. The list of attacks on social media is long and comes from all corners of academia and popular culture, which means that right now people from all over the world want more advanced technology for a more advanced life. This is precisely the time when humans need to make a decision about how to manage their relationships and use technology products appropriately. The way people frantically communicate online via Twitter, Facebook and instant messaging can be seen as a form of "Along To... middle of paper... edia at least provides the platform for the contexts of them. Technology does not It is evil. It can be used to express or share ideas and stimulate thinking and reaction to thoughts from around the world. It can be used to help people connect with old friends and to make new ones 'isolation as in chat rooms, dating sites and forums. It can be used to gather research and get almost instantaneous results. All in all, blaming technology misses the point of “Alone Together It's responsibility.” of humans. It is not necessary to “reduce” the advancement of technology, but to clarify again what technology means for humans. Asking people to have a “more conscious relationship” with devices is like asking an alcoholic to be more aware of the pitfalls present on the bottle. It seems like a good idea, but in both cases the dependencies run deep.