The Forest Of Gombe, By Sherry Turkle

Colin Turnbull an anthropologist, rise in a wealthy English family which discover his fulfilment in life; which were the Pygmies. Turnbull then wrote a book called “The Forest People”, which Turnbull spent three years studying about the Mbuti Pygmies; who lives in the Ituri rainforest of the Democratic Republic of the Congo. In “The forest people”, Turnbull display the world of the Pygmy tribe, its environment, and how pygmies adopt to its surrounding in order to survive its everyday life.

Ever since technology began so prominent in the modern world, can anyone remember going outside for more than 30 minutes and not see a cell phone or computer? Probably not, as these pieces of technology have become so ingrained in people’s lives, no one wants to leave their home without still being connected. And there is no reason to, as friends, family, and strangers share the same sentiments. Unplugging from technology is not only a decision people don’t make for personal reasons, it simply isn’t conducive to a productive life, as many people’s work and social lives wouldn’t be the same, if exist at all, without being connected to other people or the internet with just a single touch.

In “Stop Googling. Let’s Talk.” by Sherry Turkle a Professor of the Social Studies of Science and Technology at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology has been studying the psychology of online connectivity for more than 30 years. For the past five years, she has been focusing on topics: What has happened to face‐ to‐face conversation in a world where so many people say they would rather text than talk, families, friendships and romance. She has also studied schools, universities and workplaces. Among this topics she has talked and provided studies on how we have become distant from “who we are.” She reports that we as a society have lost a lot of virtues as a society such as a lack of empathy for one another, solitude, and communication with one another. As the “digital world” continues to grow we as a society continue to grow with it and apart from one another. Sherry also emphasizes that we

The relationship between people has been changed because of the widely using of new technology. People can easily communicate with other people by using different kinds of methods. Because of the use of those methods, people have more space with others and frequently hide part of themselves on the Internet in order to show the best of them. In the essay “Small Change: Why he Revolution Will Not Be Tweeted”, Malcolm Gladwell states that the relationship between people can be categorized by strong ties and weak ties. For example, in the past, people communicated by the method of interpersonal hierarchies, which are considered as strong ties. However, with the development of technology, social network, such as Twitter, Facebook, and Skype, which have become very popular in the world, are regarded as weak ties. Moreover, in the essay “Alone Together”, Sherry Turkle claims that people are distant with others and get lost in the virtual world through the new technology. She points out that now people communicate with others through technology instead of directing talking to real people. Furthermore, some people suppose that sociable robots as substitutes for people. Both Gladwell and Turkle agree with the idea that technology plays an important role on people’s connection. Technology only creates inauthentic relationship because it hides identity of many disorganized people.

The Jungle is book that takes the reader in a period in time where the “American Dream” was the only thing worth believing in the daily job struggles of immigrants in America during the early twentieth century. What is the American Dream? It is said that any man or woman willing to work hard in this country and work an honest day is capable living and could support his family and have an equal opportunity to success. Although The Jungle was taken account more on how the meat production was disgusting and unhealthy for production and consumption. However many missed the real message of this book in which Sinclair wants to engage the reader in particular scenario of the failure of capitalism. According to Sinclair, socialism is the only way out of the failure of capitalism. It is the way that all problems can be solved and works for the benefit of everyone where capitalism works against the people. The slow destruction of Jurgis’s family at the hands of a cruel and unfair economic and social system demonstrates the effect of capitalism on the working class. As the immigrants, who believe an idealistic faith in the American Dream of hard work leading to material success, are slowly used up, tortured, and destroyed.

Everyday technology has become a strain on the real world. People would rather have a conversation online than face to face. In today’s society, everything is seemed to be done online, whether it is having a conversation or even trying to make new friends. In The Flight from Conversation, Sherry Turkle asserts that technology has had a negative impact on how we socialize with one another, lessening the conversation. Turkle, who has spent years researching the relationship with technology and humans, uses real world situations where technology has not only changed the way someone socializes but has changed their persona and character making the audience feel pitiful and reflective of their own actions. The author also uses logical reasoning

There are few places on this Earth, if any, where the possibilities are truly endless. However, if you detach yourself from the physical world and emerge into the “online” world, you find that this just might actually be accurate in this realm. The World Wide Web has had so much to offer to us since the early 1990s, but with this comes controversy. Unleashed onto a plane of seemingly immeasurable freedom of anonymity, was the world ready for such responsibility? Since those early days when new emerging technology changed our lives immensely, have we at all become a better place, or have we bitten off more than we can chew, and doomed our human relations forever? Exploring these concepts are three in-depth articles, including: “Growing Up Tethered” by Sherry Turkle, “The Loneliness of the Interconnected” by Charles Seife, and “Cybersexism” by Laurie Penny. Although it is thought that the Internet brings the world together, it actually does not help us politically, culturally, and economically like one would believe, as it makes us unable to be independent, isolates us from different points of view, and encourages real-world violence against women and other minority groups.

Technology has really changed the lives of people both physically and mentally. It brings us the new experiences. Along with technology, communication has never become so easy. But the technology has certain downsides. It soon makes us change the meaning of the word "communication" to "connection". Sherry Turkle claims, "We live in a technological universe in which we are always communicating. And yet we have sacrificed conversation for mere connection.". And I agree. Sherry uses of logos isn't effective enough, but by using numerous other modes of persuasion, she makes me agree with her argument.

Facebook, in particular, is the target of this article, with its enormous audience, Facebook is the go-to website to see the latest gossip, get in touch with everyone, and be in touch with everyone. So a lot of people give up face-to -face to talk with each other instead using the Facebook or any other technology. The research put into the lonely topic consists of psychologist’s opinions and real events. For example, the books Sherry Turkle wrote like “Life on the screen” and “Alone together” can see how serious the impact is.

In Connectivity and Its Disconnects, Sherry Turkle writes about her views of the internet and how it affects people day to day. Turkle speaks about how in today's world people have become socially separated due to the internet. The internet allows for an escape from the daily task that people go through. She speaks on when people are at a work presentation they wouldn't be paying attention to the speaker but rather take the time to go on social media, check email, etc. This allows for a disconnect socially because they're not listening to the speaker and just waiting for their turn to come up. I disagree with Turkle because the internet allows for connections to be made through long distance communication, social media, and online dating.

In the essay William Deresiewicz’s, The End of Solitude, he creates an overall theme that encompasses the following ideas: what does it mean to be lonely in this post-modern world? How is technology changing the environment in which we participate online; and does this participation lend its self to being “closer” to the multitude of friends online – does this issue erase what it means to be intimate? Also, he factors in that solitude is a way to self-reflection and introspection, which is crucial to gauging what is going on around us. However, there were similar criticisms raised and explored during a filmed TEDTalk, Connected, but alone, with Sherry Turkle. In this talk, Turkle recounted the experiences in which she has noticed how different people have become as a consequence of using technology today – they have become reserved, more able to be in the same room with each other, yet these individuals remain alone. Whether it is about Deresiewicz’s feeling that many today do not hold existential

In the video Amber Case: We are all cyborgs now, we can see that technology has moved from being a physical use, to being an extension of our mental self. The growth factor for technology has been astronomical. In chapter one of Technology Matters, Nye shows that Technology will continue to take on new meanings as we move from decade to decade. We are moving into an era in which our society is developing a second self as we become more active with the use of social connections on the internet. We have an interaction with others through this digital self, leaving a history that can be seen by many others. We can make connections with others just from a simple click of a button. This immediate interaction is becoming an addiction that brings about a change in how society interacts with others. There still is a human connection, however, it is done in a different manner from what we used to do. A global connection is available for anyone that has the technology that allows that connectivity. As this technology opens the flood gates for all of us to connect, it also opens up the vulnerability to exposure of personal and private information to be viewed by cyber-criminals. Here is where the political aspects of how this wide expanse of use needs to

Each individual has his or her perceptions on people, places and ideas, thus creating one’s definition of reality. With his or her concept of reality, either being physical or virtual relationships are conceived and shattered. Sherry Turkle expresses concern in human society regarding this issue. In “Alone Together”, Turkle illustrates how physical intimacy between humans is corroding due to the Internet. However, in “In the Forest of Gombe” Jane Goodall depicts one can retain physical intimacy between humans if an individual learns the healing relationship that nature has. Relationships are based of many concepts. Therefore, modern society cannot be receptive of the concept of harmony with humans, animals and

Over time, we have developed more and more advanced technology from radios to robots, this has impacted us in a way no one would imagine. In Sherry Turkle’s Ted Talk “Connected, but alone?,” Turkle clarifies how technology is redefining human connection. She points out that our cellphones are keeping us away from interacting with society and has a more significant influence on our communication in person than online. In addition, we tend to seek social media as a way of comfort and attention, and the more we are using our phones the more isolated and alone we become. Is technology really redefining human connection?

A. Connectivity is meant by online connections as a network to defend us against loneliness. Cyberintimacies are relationships over the internet that never go further than a keyboard. Cyber Solitude means you're alone, no other relations but the internet, the cause of cyberintimacies results in solitude. Robot friendships are friendships with either virtual people over the web or machines that are capable of communication. “The world is now full of goldilockses” means everyone is connected with everyone, always checking in and commenting on each others stuff. People are unsure if they are together or apart with being so connected virtually. She tries to find a common ground between virtual connectivity and reality connectivity.