Analysis Of Ted Talk : Connected But Alone By Sherry Turkle

“Stop trying to be good people.” It is only human to be biased. However, the problem begins when we allow our bigotry to manifest into an obstacle that hinders us from genuinely getting to know people. Long time diversity lawyer, Verna Myers, in her 2014 Ted Talk, “How to overcome our biases? Walk boldly toward them” discusses the implicit biases we may obtain when it comes to race, specifically black men. Myers purpose is quite like the cliché phrase “Face your fears.” Her goal is to impress upon us that we all have biases (conscious or unconscious). We just have to be aware of them and face them head on, so that problems such as racism, can be resolved. Throughout the Ted Talk, Verna Myers utilizes an admonishing yet entertaining tone in

In the narrative The Flight from Conversation by Sherry Turkle, she says in this age of mobile devices and Facebook people have sacrificed conversation with connection. People are always on their phones and struggle to maintain eye contact when their texting in classrooms and even in dates when you are supposed to connect to someone physically and emotionally and instead people act like robots and text even on dates and probably other social occasions. All this meant to show how people have become less social due to their phones always sending texts or emails and shopping online when they should be focused on where they are who they’re speaking to and what time it is. And this is a reasonable conclusion in our modern society people, especially teenage girls; seem to be on their phones texting almost 24/7.

Mogahed is an Egyptian-American that started her career as an engineer. She’s a Muslim that decided to wear her head covering by the age of seventeen. In the Ted Talk “What Do You Think When You Look At Me?”, Dalia Mogahed discusses the predicaments and accusations Muslims have encountered, including her personal experiences. Through the use of all three rhetorical appeals, pathos being the dominant appeal, Mogahed skillfully conveys her message to the audience that 1.6 billion Muslims shouldn’t be shunned because of the actions of a minority.

Is the FBI as righteous as they would like us to think? In the Ted Talk titled, “Trevor Aaronson: How this FBI strategy is actually creating US-based terrorists,” the orator describes in his speech how FBI agents worked hand-in-hand with individuals who would eventually be arrested in sting operations, on terrorism charges. To tackle the complex topic of his speech, the speaker starts off with his thesis, a bold statement accusing the FBI of being for more terrorist plots than any terrorist group on Earth (Aaronson). On top of this, the speakers thesis doubles as his hook, since his Canadian audience would assume that the FBI worked as fighters of crime, and not purveyors of it. To back up his claim, Aaronson describes multiple cases, as well as shows multiple pictures to go along with his stories. The way Aaronson blends stats and stories together effectively explains how the FBI creates terrorists in the United States.

The central idea, the use of electronics is affecting people’s social skills, is made obvious through the writer’s choice of words. “We converse with our hands rather than our mouths, tapping keyboards and touchpads to the rhythm of our thoughts.” (Brown 1) The use of the words converse and rhythm

Brian Gobler Dr. Osterhaus Writing 120 March 16, 2015 A Rhetorical Analysis of Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie has a very unique background story. Her experiences help her to understand the importance of searching for the truth beyond just the single story one is told. In Adichie’s Ted Talk, “The danger of a single story,” she talks about her experiences growing up in Nigeria and her first experiences in the United States. Her message is very simple.

In the TED Talk “How Adoption Worked for Me” presented by Christopher Ategeka, the viewer learns how adoption changed the impoverished life of the speaker. Ategeka begins his presentation by explaining, how he struggled to survive after he lost both of his parents at a very young age. The audience soon was brought awareness that the charity campaigns that they view on television are not a scam, and serve a person. Many individuals like Ategeka were able to survive for as long as they have because of these donors. In addition, the kindness of one specific donor family, who opened a door filled with opportunity for a better life, was explained. Christopher Ategeka informs his audience this family was willing to provide him with enough financial support to receive a college education in the land of the free. The experience of finalizing all of his paperwork was a memorable one, which described, “I walked

When people are too into their phones they forget about the people that are actually around them. In “The Pedestrian” Mr. Mead explains a futuristic world where people do not go outside or do much of anything that does not involve a screen. The story makes the statement, “... deciding which way to go, but it really made no difference; he was alone in this world of A.D. 2053, or as good as alone.” This shows that by being too “plugged-in” people lose touch with what being human really means. Even though most people use technology as a way to stay in touch with people who they normally would not talk to in real life the conversation lacks what an in person conversation would contain. Some of these are the empathy that is not all the way there when sent through technology also, context is shortened and not as in depth than if it was in person. Right before Sherry Turkle’s TED talk in 2012 she got a typical text from her daughter saying “Mom, you will rock.” Sherry explained that getting this text was “like getting a hug” but even though this was a good message in her eyes people should acknowledge that no matter how much a text could touch someone being there in person to deliver the message yourself will always be better. These are the reasons humans should watch how much time is spent on technology instead of time with the people around

By the end of the Ted Talk, Fisher states “You know, when you’re been dumped, the one thing you love to do is just forget about this human being, and then go on with your life – but no, you just love them harder.” To simplify this even further, the past isn’t just the past when you’re in love. You just don’t forget everything that you have experienced and just move on. It’s not like pressing the delete and start over. Everything you experience while in love is forever in your memory. You want to move on and continue on with life but the harsh reality is, you can’t. For some odd reason, you want the thing you’re in love with even more.

when listening to it. The information he started with did not really directly support his thesis which led to him using the last half of the speech to justify it. At this point I think most people watching have already clicked off or just checked out. The last Ted Talk was about the after effects of war and the difficult of the rebuilding process. Despite the extremely depressing situations discussed in this speech the author optimistic tone about the future kept it from dragging readers down. The thesis was clearly stated early on and was well supported by the entire speech. Her focus on what the world could be doing better instead of what they have done wrongs keeps the reading from feeling depressed and sad during the speech which doesn't

Technology has made some amazing strides over the years. Smartphones, laptops, navigational systems, and even robots performing surgery! Although there are so many benefits of living in a technologically advanced world it does come with downfalls. We have transformed a friendly, communicative world into a place where we all thrive off of our handheld devices instead of the company from loved ones around us. Sherry Turkle is a well known technology and social sciences professor. She has written books advocating that people do not value conversation anymore and technology is to blame. I stand with her on this belief and strongly believe that us humans are not valuing face to face contact as much as we should.

Mankind has truly been evolving throughout the past. The invention of smartphones and cell technology has been one of the man’s greatest achievement in recent history. We as a society has become truly dependent on our devices that allow us to keep in almost constant contact with one another. Everything happens now with a simple touch of a button. The argument is, however, as technology grows, are we really turning into a disconnected generation where people find it difficult to communicate with each other in person? Technology has brought us closer as it helps us stay connected to people even when they are not physically near us, but this has led to people spending more time on their cellphones than they should

Inside our modernized world today, technological devices are a necessity, mainly because it connects all of us to persons around the world, the events occurring everywhere and almost all of most, it fills up the gap between us and our loved kinds whom are far faraway from all of us. So, how could this kind of possibly make us think more alone? People made technological devices such while cellphones, computers, laptops, video cameras, iPads and many additional in order that we could stay connected. But, is this kind of really happening? Do all of us really feel linked with the persons around all of us? Can we still build strong and rich human relationships with individuals? Based about what is happening

Technology is constantly advancing, there is a new phone or electronical device coming out almost every month. Practically everyone owns something that can be used to search the internet or send messages. But is this taking away from the personal connections needed in our daily lives? Many times, a person is more likely to send an email or text rather than have a phone call or meet up with the person because it is easier. Since everyone is becoming busier in their daily lives it is easier and more convenient to send the message and wait for a response. Although

Technology and the internet is amusing, intriguing, and powerful. But have you ever thought about what these things are doing to us? Is it slowly drifting us away from who we really are, or is it letting us open new ways to success? In the book The Shallows, it said that Socrates didn’t like the idea of written words, “-but he argues that a dependence on the technology of the alphabet will alter a person’s mind, and not for the better...writing threatens to make us shallower thinkers, he says, preventing us from achieving the intellectual depth that leads to wisdom and true happiness.” (55) Perhaps, his thinking and point of view describes more than what happened in the past, if only he can see what technology is doing to us now. As Socrates described us as shallow, it opens our eyes to see how much our community relies on technology now. Anywhere you go, everyone has a phone, apple watch, or any mobile device. People now a days can’t imagine a life without technology or the internet, we can compare that to when clocks were brought into society. We can’t imagine life without the clock, and we can connect that to our technology now. This connects to how we communicate, us human beings were always shaped to interact with other human beings, but we tend to find ourselves interacting with the technology that is just one reach away. For example, in the book they use the Apple Siri, we give her all the traits of a real person and conversate with her very often. Technology is