Authenticity is defined to be genuine and of undisputed origin. Throughout Sherry Turkle essay “Alone Together” she talks about authenticity and how technology has taken the human ability to build authentic relationships. She also speaks about how prominent technology has become for the human species. Sherry Turkle’s argument is strengthened by Jean Twenge in her writing “Generation Me” where she speaks about the depression, anxiety and the different pressures that lead to the rise in numbers of the current generation with issues. The explanation given by Turkle shines a light on the different problems experienced by today’s generation and how technology lead to the deaths of many in Twenge’s writing. Technology is described to amplify the
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Twenge divulges a variety of different situations with today’s generation. Twenge recounts the story of twelve-year-old Rebecca Ann Sedwick and her encounter with the peer pressure exerted by her fellow classmates. Rebecca was attacked by a group of girls through the use of technology over a dispute about a boy. She received multiple texts that Twenge illustrates in her writing the girls sent text saying, “‘can you die please?’ ‘why are you still alive?’ and ‘go kill yourself.’” (148). Unfortunately, as Twenge writes “she did,” young Rebecca killed herself by walking into an abandoned cement plant and stepping off the platform.Technology and the way millennials have been raised are the true issues in many other situations similar to Rebecca’s case that end in suicide. Twenge and Turkle would agree that if Rebecca did not have to face her issue by herself the loneliness she felt would not have resulted in death. The dilemma of loneliness can also be seen in Turkle, who notices that Technology has become the underlying issue in the current generation. Turkle argues that “now we look to the network to defend us against loneliness as we use it to control the intensity of our connections” (274). Turkle mentions the network or in other words social media as our shield from loneliness. However, Turkle’s argument fails to take into …show more content…
Technology allows us to pick and choose who to interact with, it allows us to control what we want to say and when it should be said. Technology, through the eyes of the youth, is a beauty it takes away the awkward pauses when you don’t know what to say and the ability to mess up verbally. It allows us to be comfortable saying things to other people that we wouldn’t have the courage to say otherwise. Turkle actually goes on to describe technology for the current generation as a “phantom limb”(277). When Turkle says phantom limb she means that technology is a part of the present generation from birth. Moments after Turkle states that in her essay she reiterates her point and says, “These young people are among the first to grow up with an expectation of continuous connection: always on, and always on them. And they are among the first to grow up not necessarily thinking of stimulation as second best” (278). What Turkle means when she says a continuous connection is you're able to keep the conversation going in ways that the old generation could not even imagine. People nowadays are able to text without looking, driving, and even when there in the shower. Technology has become such a huge part of life that society even pleasures themselves with the use of Technology. Turkle and Twenge would agree in saying that technology has become prominent in this
Twenge divulges a variety of different situations with today’s generation. Twenge recounts the story of twelve-year-old Rebecca Ann Sedwick and her encounter with the peer pressure exerted by her fellow classmates. Rebecca was attacked by a group of girls through the use of technology over a dispute about a boy. She received multiple texts that Twenge illustrates in her writing the girls sent text saying, “‘can you die please?’ ‘why are you still alive?’ and ‘go kill yourself.’” (148). Unfortunately, as Twenge writes “she did,” young Rebecca killed herself by walking into an abandoned cement plant and stepping off the platform.Technology and the way millennials have been raised are the true issues in many other situations similar to Rebecca’s case that end in suicide. Twenge and Turkle would agree that if Rebecca did not have to face her issue by herself the loneliness she felt would not have resulted in death. The dilemma of loneliness can also be seen in Turkle, who notices that Technology has become the underlying issue in the current generation. Turkle argues that “now we look to the network to defend us against loneliness as we use it to control the intensity of our connections” (274). Turkle mentions the network or in other words social media as our shield from loneliness. However, Turkle’s argument fails to take into …show more content…
Technology allows us to pick and choose who to interact with, it allows us to control what we want to say and when it should be said. Technology, through the eyes of the youth, is a beauty it takes away the awkward pauses when you don’t know what to say and the ability to mess up verbally. It allows us to be comfortable saying things to other people that we wouldn’t have the courage to say otherwise. Turkle actually goes on to describe technology for the current generation as a “phantom limb”(277). When Turkle says phantom limb she means that technology is a part of the present generation from birth. Moments after Turkle states that in her essay she reiterates her point and says, “These young people are among the first to grow up with an expectation of continuous connection: always on, and always on them. And they are among the first to grow up not necessarily thinking of stimulation as second best” (278). What Turkle means when she says a continuous connection is you're able to keep the conversation going in ways that the old generation could not even imagine. People nowadays are able to text without looking, driving, and even when there in the shower. Technology has become such a huge part of life that society even pleasures themselves with the use of Technology. Turkle and Twenge would agree in saying that technology has become prominent in this