Technology

I am by no means a technological genius, in fact I made up a word to describe my technological prowess.  "Techtarded",  I can do very little with technology without someone there walking me through it.  Just getting this site started was a huge hassle for me. I ranted and raved and many strings of curse words flowed from me, but with many videos and questions and a good friend I finally got it made.  The reading that caught my attention the most was " The Flight from Conversation".   It embraces the true meaning of conversation,  we should all put down our phones, laptops, tablets and other devices and really just talk to each other.  I agree with Turkle in that many of us rely too much on technology, but I also agree that it had its advantages as well (otherwise I wouldn't be able to take this class.)  The one paragraph I don't like is the businessman lamenting that he no longer has colleagues at work.  He blames it on his co-workers  not wanting to be interrupted, only to take it back and let the truth be known it is because he does not want them to interrupt him. It makes me sick to know that this is reality.  I have always had and cherished my relationships with my co-workers.  I found Turkle's  "Goldilocks effect" to be interesting.   That we use technology to keep others at just the right distance, not letting them get too close or too far away.  What confuses is me is why anyone would rather talk to an AI than their father.  My father and I never had the best of relationships through my childhood, but I would still go to him. If I had questions my mother couldn't  answer or was too embarrassed to ask her I would still rather ask him than a soul