To generally summarize her book there are two concepts stated which apply to the novel as a whole. Using examples of human interaction with robotic technology and other technologies common to the digital age, Turkle is able to paint an overall landscape of how she sees society and culture now, and how she views its progression into the future. The book goes into great detail regarding how technologies in current society have altered the way that interactions occur. Turkle shows how cell phones and modern communication has hurt the bridge of emotions between the people of our modern society.Sherry Turkle’s book Alone Together sheds some commentary and depicts an interpreted analysis of a postmodern view of the digital age and communication. We are increasingly connected to each other but oddly more alone: in intimacy, new solitudes.” This shows that Turkle believes that technology’s ability to connect us has only weakened our emotional connection and intimacy between each other. They are not so good for opening a dialogue about complexity of feeling. Turkle says “We don’t ask the open-ended “How are you?” Instead, we ask the more limited “Where are you?” and “What’s up?” These are good questions for getting someone’s location and making a simple plan. Turkle shows how spending time on your phone can affect your conversation skills and empathy towards others. Turkle states “ we often talk to each other on the move and with little disposable time – so little, in fact, that we communicate in a new language of abbreviation in which letters stand for words and emoticons for feelings.” This statement shows that we have become less emotionally connected with one another as we use half words to replace entire sentences.
Turkle illustrates how far away from normal communication that modern society has become due to technology. Sherry makes some great points throughout the novel and even inspired me to stay off the screen as much as possible. Sherry Turkle’s “Alone Together” explored many interesting topics about how humans are becoming more alone as we spend more time with robots and technology.
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