An Analysis Of 'We Are Comsum D' By Sherry Turkle
Marina Wirth
Mr. Bishop
Composition II: Technical Writing
20 March 2013
Shakespeare once said “We are comsum’d by that which we were nourish’d by” (qtd. in Turkle SR6). Although we are hundreds of years past Shakespeare’s time, this quote could not be any more pertinent to today’s society. In Sherry Turkle’s article in the New York Times, she states, “We have sacrificed conversation for mere connection,” (SR6), meaning that we are all so consumed by technology that we no longer have the time or desire to engage in face-to-face conversation. She believes that because of our cell phones and pagers, they not only change what we do, but how we define ourselves. She says, “We can end up hiding from one another, even as we are constantly …show more content…
A businessman Turkle interviewed says that he’d rather do everything on his BlackBerry, an older version of today’s Smartphone (SR6). The younger generation is taking the most heat for their technological usage. With new gadgets and devices coming out so frequently, it’s hard for the tech-savvy kids to resist. As one boy says, “Someday, someday, but certainly not now, I’d like to learn how to have a conversation” (qtd. in Turkle SR). This boy relies solely on texting for his means of …show more content…
The clock doesn’t take our preferences into consideration however, it keeps on ticking, and each generation is going to come up with newer, faster, and better technologies. We will never escape the constant buzzing and ringing in our pockets, the pings or tweets on the computer screen, and we will never be free from that 10 digit number that identifies us now-a-days. When people didn’t have these technologies, those people seemed to live longer, for the simple reason that they didn’t have Facebook, Angry Birds, Twitter, or Temple Run to pass their time as quickly. If we were to all put down our devices for one day, I guarantee almost 90 percent of people would get bored with their day. The other 10 percent however, would find something more productive or mind-stimulating to do with their time. That’s just how it is, and that’s just how it will always
Mr. Bishop
Composition II: Technical Writing
20 March 2013
Shakespeare once said “We are comsum’d by that which we were nourish’d by” (qtd. in Turkle SR6). Although we are hundreds of years past Shakespeare’s time, this quote could not be any more pertinent to today’s society. In Sherry Turkle’s article in the New York Times, she states, “We have sacrificed conversation for mere connection,” (SR6), meaning that we are all so consumed by technology that we no longer have the time or desire to engage in face-to-face conversation. She believes that because of our cell phones and pagers, they not only change what we do, but how we define ourselves. She says, “We can end up hiding from one another, even as we are constantly …show more content…
A businessman Turkle interviewed says that he’d rather do everything on his BlackBerry, an older version of today’s Smartphone (SR6). The younger generation is taking the most heat for their technological usage. With new gadgets and devices coming out so frequently, it’s hard for the tech-savvy kids to resist. As one boy says, “Someday, someday, but certainly not now, I’d like to learn how to have a conversation” (qtd. in Turkle SR). This boy relies solely on texting for his means of …show more content…
The clock doesn’t take our preferences into consideration however, it keeps on ticking, and each generation is going to come up with newer, faster, and better technologies. We will never escape the constant buzzing and ringing in our pockets, the pings or tweets on the computer screen, and we will never be free from that 10 digit number that identifies us now-a-days. When people didn’t have these technologies, those people seemed to live longer, for the simple reason that they didn’t have Facebook, Angry Birds, Twitter, or Temple Run to pass their time as quickly. If we were to all put down our devices for one day, I guarantee almost 90 percent of people would get bored with their day. The other 10 percent however, would find something more productive or mind-stimulating to do with their time. That’s just how it is, and that’s just how it will always