“The Documented Life” by Sherry Turkle is a powerful essay highlighting our generation’s obsession with our electronic devices. Calling attention specifically to cell phones, she reflects how they have begun to dominate our methods of communication with each other and documentation of our memories with such things as texting, emailing, and ‘the selfie’. Although, she does detect a glimpse of hope for our future generations that are being shown the dangers and traps of technology.
In this span of time, people have become so obsessed with sharing every adventure of our lives with the online world that we have begun to neglect those with whom we are making the memories with. We, contrary to living within the moment, have chosen to engage with
In this span of time, people have become so obsessed with sharing every adventure of our lives with the online world that we have begun to neglect those with whom we are making the memories with. We, contrary to living within the moment, have chosen to engage with