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Technology’s Distraction Weakens Human Skills

Technology poses as an ultimate distraction, inhibiting us from effectively engaging in circumstances that are essential to building various human qualities. Authors, Sherry Turkle and Nicholas Carr both address technology’s significant role in their writing pieces.  that they’ve composed. Both seek to demonstrate how it may be altering our performance on daily tasks based on the lack of attention we’ve developed from technology usage. “The Empathy Diaries,” written by Turkle, focuses on how technology poses a barrier from human conversation and our ability to empathize appropriately. Carr’s article, “Is Google Making Us Stupid” is based on a similar idea and how technology is negatively affecting humans and our ability to focus in regards to deep thinking skills. The presence of the internet and phones particularly, have prevented humans from relying on their own comprehension and the influence of conversation with others to fulfill themselves. The shift to technology is disassociating us from applying skills we once had. This is something that speaks true to me, considering I have acknowledged t echnology’s impacts on human concentration as well. 

As technology has evolved, it has imposed us with a sort of gravitational pull towards it that draws our attention away from the task presented in front of us, especially when we face public settings or reading texts. One particular factor that technology has set us apart from is being fully engaged with face-to-faceface to face conversations, as it is vital for humans to have these interactions. In Turkle’s text she suggests, “Similarly, we now rarely give each other our full attention, but every once in a while we do. We forget how unusual this has become, that many young people are growing up without ever having experienced unbroken conversations either at the dinner table or when they take a walk with parents or friends” (351). Turkle recognizes that phones are hindering our ability to devote all of our focus to those whomwho we are having a conversation with, making phones the primary source of distraction in modern life.   When it comes to Carr and his text, instead of viewing technology as a source that inhibits our focus revolving around in-person communication, he analyzes how it eats away at our individual capacity of focusing as a form of deep thinking. “Now my concentration often starts to drift after two or three pages. I get fidgety, lose the thread, begin looking for something else to do… For more than a decade now, I’ve been spending a lot of time online, searching and surfing and sometimes adding to the great databases of the Internet. The Web has been a godsend to me as a writer. Research that once required days in the stacks or periodical rooms of libraries can now be done in minutes” (1-2). It appears Carr recognizes that technology usage is more efficient and gives us answers instantly. Therefore, when faced with reading long texts, we lose the engagement since we know we have another accessible source that can easily do the work for us. While I agree with Turkle’s perspective that technology is acting as an obstacle from fully dedicating our focus to the present connection we are forming with others. I also align with Carr’s view on how technology is damaging our ability to focus in situations involving in depth reading. Both authors’ perspectives are what I believe to be relevant in terms of technology’s impact on human beings. I think it is evident that when we are constantly surrounded by our phones, we tend to subconsciously focus on it and what is going on in the digital world, eating away from our full potential to invest in the in-person interactions taking place before us, whereas the internet displays itself as an efficient tool to gain any kind of information within seconds.  This results Resulting   in humans turning to this easy solution to obtain the answers, so when faced with a lengthy piece of writing we do not have the patience nor attention span to read through it searching for what we need. As technology is frequently used, it’s impacting the skill of focusing, causing us to be less devoted to the task at hand when it comes to any social settings or learning through reading textual content.

Technology portrays itself as a source that revolves around efficiency, in which this effective timeliness consumes us, weakening our intellectual capabilities in a variety of ways, such as empathy and memory consolidation. Turkle is primarily concerned with how the amount of technology usage that one consumes puts our empathizing ability at risk during conversation with peers. Contained in Turkle’s text she emphasizes this idea through an example of a young generation’s exposure to digital technology, “As the Holbrooke middle schoolers began to spend more time texting, they lost practice in face-to-face talk. That means lost practice in the empathic arts – learning to make eye contact, to listen, and to attend to others” (346). Turkle values empathy as it is a vital element to human development, but this skill is what suffers when we resort to texting and not gauging the experience of compensating and understanding others through in-person communication. Carr also recognizes technologies affect our interpersonal well being, but focuses primarily on the aspect of the brain’s processes of memorization. In Carr’s writing he composes, “And the media or other technologies we use in learning and practicing the craft of reading play an important part in shaping the neural circuits inside our brains… The variations extend across many regions of the brain, including those that govern such essential cognitive functions as memory and the interpretation of visual and auditory stimuli. We can expect as well that the circuits woven by our use of the Net will be different from those woven by our reading of books and other printed works ” (3). Here, Carr imposes that the internet may be hindering our ability to fully grasp concepts as it is a different form of retaining information compared to physical written pieces. With this being said, I align with Turkle on how phones have become the place to venture off to, we miss out on the opportunities to talk in person. It is through this kind of communication that builds the ability to empathize as we use the various ques of listening and body language to do so. However, when it comes to Carr’s idea that the use of online sources alters our mind’s ability to memorize context, I understand that information presented digitally and on paper is different, but I see it as more of an adaptability change. Carr implies that technology can be potentially threatening memorization as we do not immerse deeply with context like we used to with written texts. Whereas I see this as a change in how we memorize information which is not necessarily a bad thing and more of an efficient strategy. By briefly overlooking online resources we can still manage to grasp the important details that strike us as important, rather than by being overwhelmed at trying to memorize all the points in a heavy contextual book or article. This exposure to the internet and phones is impacting humans’ practical skills of empathy and memorization, while we lose the chance to build our empathetic perspective and shift the way we perceive information causing a shift in how we memorize it.

Technology has consumed us in a way that is altering some of our most human-like qualities, as we become less dependent on our own understanding and the communication with others. Many individuals have become so immersed in some form of technology that is channeling their focus away from face-to-face interactions or diving into deep reading. This distraction that the internet and phones create is a missed opportunity to build our ability to empathize and pose a new form of adaptability when seeking to memorize information online instead of books filled with deeply enriched content. While some may view this evolution of technology to be a beneficial efficient resource, it may also be taking away from growing our interpersonal traits that we hold. 

Has technology inhibited us from effectively engaging in some of the most essential components that make us human? Authors, Sherry Turkle and Nicholas Carr both address technology’s significant role in their writing pieces that they’ve composed. Both seek to demonstrate how it may be altering our performance on daily tasks based on the lack of attention we’ve developed from technology usage. “The Empathy Diaries,” written by Turkle, focuses on how technology poses a barrier from human conversation and our ability to empathize appropriately. Carr’s article, “Is Google Making Us Stupid” is based on a similar idea and how technology is negatively affecting humans and our ability to focus and deep thinking skills. It can be determined that the presence of technology has prevented humans from relying on the individual comprehension and the influence of others in order to fulfill ourselves and our needs, but rather we revert to technology which is taking away from our skills we once had.

As technology has evolved, it has imposed us with a form of gravitational pull towards it, ultimately drawing our attention away from the task presented in front of us. One particular factor that technology has set us apart from is being fully engaged with face to face conversations which are so vital for humans to have these interactions. In “The Empathy Diaries,” Turkle suggests, “Similarly, we now rarely give each other our full attention, but every once in a while we do. We forget how unusual this has become, that many young people are growing up without ever having experienced unbroken conversations either at the dinner table or when they take a walk with parents or friends” (351). Turkle recognizes that phones are hindering our ability to devote all of our focus to those who we are having a conversation with based on these devices representing the primary distraction. When it comes to Carr and his text, “Is Google Making Us Stupid,” instead of viewing technology as a source that inhibits our focus revolving around in-person communication, he analyzes how it eats away at our individual capacity of focusing as a form of deep thinking. “Now my concentration often starts to drift after two or three pages. I get fidgety, lose the thread, begin looking for something else to do… For more than a decade now, I’ve been spending a lot of time online, searching and surfing and sometimes adding to the great databases of the Internet. The Web has been a godsend to me as a writer. Research that once required days in the stacks or periodical rooms of libraries can now be done in minutes” (1-2). It appears Carr acknowledges that technology usage is more efficient and gives us answers instantly. Therefore, when it comes to reading long texts, we lose the engagement since we know we have another resource that can easily do the work for us. While I agree with Turkle’s perspective that technology is acting as an obstacle from fully dedicating our focus to the present connection we are forming with others. I also align with Carr’s view on how technology is damaging our ability to focus in circumstances involving in depth reading. Both authors’ perspectives are what I believe to be relevant in terms of technology’s impact on human beings. I think it is evident that when we are constantly surrounded by our phones, we tend to subconsciously focus on it and what is going on in the digital world, which takes away from our full potential to invest in the in-person interactions taking place before us. The internet displays itself as an efficient tool to gain any kind of information within seconds as well. Resulting  in humans turning to this easy solution to obtain the answers, so when faced with a lengthy piece of writing we do not have the patience nor attention span to read through it searching for what we need. As technology has become so frequently used in our daily lives, it is impacting our attention spans, causing us to be less devoted to the task at hand when it comes to any social settings or learning through reading textual content.

Technology portrays itself as a source that revolves around efficiency, in which this effective timeliness consumes us, weakening our intellectual capabilities in a variety of ways, such as empathy and memory consolidation. Turkle is primarily concerned with how the amount of technology usage that one consumes puts our empathizing ability at risk during conversation with peers. Contained in Turkle’s text she emphasizes this idea through an example of a young generation’s exposure to digital technology, “As the Holbrooke middle schoolers began to spend more time texting, they lost practice in face-to-face talk. That means lost practice in the empathic arts – learning to make eye contact, to listen, and to attend to others” (346). Turkle values empathy as it is a vital element to human development, but this skill is what suffers when we resort to texting and not gauging the experience of compensating and understanding others through in-person communication. Carr also recognizes technologies affect our interpersonal well being, but focusing primarily on the aspect of the brain’s processes for memorization. In Carr’s writing he composes, “And the media or other technologies we use in learning and practicing the craft of reading play an important part in shaping the neural circuits inside our brains… The variations extend across many regions of the brain, including those that govern such essential cognitive functions as memory and the interpretation of visual and auditory stimuli” (3).

Has technology inhibited us from effectively engaging in some of the most essential components that make us human? Authors, Sherry Turkle and Nicholas Carr both address technology’s significant role in their writing pieces that they’ve composed. Both seek to demonstrate how it may be altering our performance on daily tasks based on the lack of attention we’ve developed from technology usage. “The Empathy Diaries,” written by Turkle, focuses on how technology poses a barrier from human conversation and our ability to empathize appropriately. Carr’s article, “Is Google Making Us Stupid” is based on a similar idea and how technology is negatively affecting humans and our ability to focus and deep-thinking skills. It can be determined that the presence of technology has derived humans from relying on ourselves and others to fulfill ourselves and our needs, but rather we revert to technology which is taking away from our skills we once had.

As technology has evolved, it has imposed us with a form of gravitational pull towards it, ultimately drawing our attention away from the task presented in front of us. One particular factor that technology has set us apart from is being fully engaged with face to face conversations which are so vital for humans to have these interactions. In “The Empathy Diaries,” Turkle suggests, “Similarly, we now rarely give each other our full attention, but every once in a while, we do. We forget how unusual this has become, that many young people are growing up without ever having experienced unbroken conversations either at the dinner table or when they take a walk with parents or friends.” Turkle recognizes that phones are hindering our ability to devote all of our focus to those who we are having a conversation with based on these devices representing the primary distraction. When it comes to Carr and his text., “Is Google Making Us Stupid,” instead of viewing technology as a source that inhibits our focus revolving around in-person communication, he analyzes how it eats away at our individual capacity of focusing as a form of deep thinking. “Now my concentration often starts to drift after two or three pages. I get fidgety, lose the thread, begin looking for something else to do… For more than a decade now, I’ve been spending a lot of time online, searching and surfing and sometimes adding to the great databases of the Internet. The Web has been a godsend to me as a writer. Research that once required days in the stacks or periodical rooms of libraries can now be done in minutes.” It appears Carr acknowledges that technology usage is more efficient and gives us answers instantly. Therefore, when it comes to reading long texts, we lose the engagement since we know we have another resource that can easily do the work for us. While I agree with Turkle’s perspective that technology is acting as an obstacle from fully dedicating our focus to the present connection we are forming with others. I also align with Carr’s view on how technology is damaging our ability to focus on circumstances involving in depth reading. Both authors’ perspectives are what I believe to be relevant in terms of technology’s impact on human beings. I think it is evident that when we are constantly surrounded by our phones, we tend to subconsciously focus on it and what is going on in the digital world, which takes away from our full potential to invest in the in-person interactions taking place before us. The internet displays itself as an efficient tool to gain any kind of information within seconds as well. Resulting in humans turning to this easy solution to obtain the answers, so when faced with a lengthy piece of writing we do not have the patience nor attention span to read through it searching for what we need. As technology has become so frequently used in our daily lives, it is impacting our attention spans, causing us to be less devoted to the task at hand when it comes to any social settings or learning through reading textual content.

Technology’s Drastic Divide in Human Connections

As our world has become heavily influenced by this profound tool known as technology, some may find it a beneficial and efficient resource. But, imagine a world without technology, allowing you to be only invested in what you are surrounded with. It appears technology can change our focus, driving us away from meaningful conversation with others. Since we rely on technology as a source for many things including communication and education, we tend to lose the real source of connection. Ultimately, the presence of technology has set a divide between the real and digital world, stripping us from real conversation with others that is valuable to our social development as individuals.

“The Empathy Diaries” by Sherry Turkle addresses the various concerns that have stemmed from our use of technology. Turkle is not only an author, but also has a background in  sociology and psychology as well. With this she has prepared this well written piece addressing the idea of “conversation” and  how technologies impact on humans, as it may pose difficulty to empathize when communicating with others. Her writing imposes us to consider our use of technology as it prevents individuals from being engaged with the social environment that is right in front of them and not on a screen.

When it comes to humans and technology phones have become a barrier to having fully focused in person interactions. The entry goes on to provide more insight, “We have learned that even a silent phone inhibits conversations that matter. The very sight of a phone on the landscape leaves us feeling less connected to each other, less invested in each other” (Turkle 344). It appears that Turkle’s point is to highlight this term, “connection” and its importance for humans to form face-to-face connections. As physical conversations serve a purpose to benefit our social capabilities allowing us to develop many skills from in person communication such as listening and empathy. However, when we can never give our undivided attention to the person in front of us due to our phones, it leaves us missing out on the opportunity to be engaged with others and build valuable social skills from doing so. I agree with Turkle, as I am very much guilty of this. There have been some occasions when I’ve had the tendency to check my phone or even be actively on my phone as someone is speaking to me. Our electronic devices have served an issue, drawing our attention away from sharing the experience of real life connections that us humans should be striving for.

Our attachment to our phones may lead us to disassociate ourselves from face-to-face connections, but we seek to stay connected digitally when faced with the state of loneliness. With this being said, when we are left alone we can never settle with just our thoughts for comfort, resulting in us going on our phones to solve this problem. More exposure to technology, especially for younger generations, causes phone usage to be the new normal of communication as people grow up knowing nothing other than phones is best to settle with. It can be determined that phones push us away from knowing who we are, “Afraid of being alone, we struggle to pay attention to ourselves. And what suffers is our ability to pay attention to each other. If we can’t find our own center, we lose confidence in what we have to offer others. Or you can work the circle the other way: We struggle to pay attention to each other, and what suffers is our ability to know ourselves” (Turkle 348). In other words, Turkle addresses that unsuccessfully seeking value within ourselves causes us to poorly communicate with others. Not effectively engaging with others could negatively impact how we are able to recognize ourselves. Human interaction is essential to forming our character. When we feed off conversation with others it can bring out our true self as we present ourselves in a certain way when communicating. This is affected by phones drawing us in, leading us to lose sight of who we are and our ability to show others our full potential. Phones are a way to fill the void of being alone, causing us to never be satisfied with our own thoughts. This pushes us away from acknowledging who we are and how we portray ourselves in order to show others our true identity. 

Technology presents itself to keep us engaged in what is going on in the world around us. For instance, we always want to be updated about the recent news of our favorite celebrity or a social media influencer that we support. This shifts our attention from being invested in forming true relationships and building valuable social abilities. With our phones always by our side being full of new content and information that can be very interesting, it encourages us to refer to it as a way of staying engaged all the time. This causes us to disassociate ourselves in having true conversations as it plays an important role in developing social skills such as empathy: “Many of the things we all struggle with in love and work can be helped by conversation. Without conversation, studies show that we are less empathetic, less connected, less creative and fulfilled” (Turkle 350). It has been proven, as Turkle stated, conversations are needed as a way to balance various abilities that help us grow as individuals. Communication with others challenges us to practice listening and negotiating. These traits are what helps us strengthen our capability to empathize with others upon hearing their perspectives. Whereas when technology comes into play it prohibits us from this opportunity of a real conversation, since we sit behind a screen to communicate without getting the genuine experience of forming a connection. As technology becomes a barrier to human interaction, it takes away from the possibility to build social skills such as empathy, which prohibits us from being at our best self. 

Now that technology has taken over a majority of our lives, posing a threat to our likelihood of having real conversations with society. Our phones have prevented us from being at our full potential of staying focused during a face to face interaction, having the urge to rely on our devices even when alone, and resulting in losing ourselves and the ability to see others. When not being involved in the conversation it makes us incapable of forming crucial social skills that are valuable to human life. Next time you’re using technology or on your phone, keep in mind how you could possibly be having a real conversation that builds on relationships that matter instead.

Works Cited

Turkle, Sherry. The Empathy Diaries. Penguin Press, 2021

Technologies Drastic Divide in Human Connections

As our world has become heavily influenced by this profound tool known as technology, some may find it a beneficial and efficient resource, including yourself. But, imagine a world without technology, allowing you to be only invested in what you are surrounded with. It appears technology can change our focus, driving us away from meaningful conversation with others. Since we rely on technology as a source for many things including communication and education, we tend to lose the real source of connection. The presence of technology has caused human beings to lose focus being present in conversation, driving us to rely on our phones when we are alone leading to losing attention to both ourselves and others, lastly causing us to not form genuine connections with others. Ultimately, technology has posed an obstacle between real conversation with others that is valuable to our social development as individuals.

“The Empathy Diaries” by Sherry Turkle addresses the various concerns that have stemmed from our use of technology. Turkle is not only an author but also has a doctorate in sociology and personal psychology with various positions in the technology and Social Studies of Science fields as well. Her background has provided her the opportunity to conduct this well written piece addressing the idea of “conversation” and how technologies impact on us humans as it may pose difficulty when being in conversation with others in society. Her writing imposes us to consider our use of technology as it prevents individuals from being engaged with the social environment that is right in front of them and not on a screen, ultimately setting a divide between the real and digital worlds.

When it comes to humans and technology it appears that phones have become a barrier to having fully focused in person interactions. With our phones being practically attached to us, considering we have them with us a majority of the time, it causes us to subconsciously focus on it and all the content it contains. Turkle provides more insight to this as she writes, “We have learned that even a silent phone inhibits conversations that matter. The very sight of a phone on the landscape leaves us feeling connected to each other, less invested in each other” (Turkle 344). It appears that Turkle’s point is to highlight this term, “connection” and its importance for humans to form face-to-face connections. As physical conversations serve a purpose to benefit our social capabilities allowing us to develop many skills from in person communication such as listening and empathy. However, when we can never give our undivided attention to the person in front of us due to our phones, it leaves us missing out on the opportunity to be engaged with others and build valuable social skills from doing so. Our electronic devices have served an issue, drawing our attention away from sharing the experience of real life connections that us humans should strive for as it enhances our social abilities.

Our attachment to our phones may lead us to disassociate ourselves from face-to-face connections, but we seek to stay connected digitally when faced with the state of loneliness. With this being said, when we are left alone we can never settle with just our thoughts for comfort, resulting in us going on our phones to solve this problem. According to Turkle, “Afraid of being alone, we struggle to pay attention to ourselves. And what suffers is our ability to pay attention to each other. If we can’t find our own center, we lose confidence in what we have to offer others. Or you can work the circle the other way: We struggle to pay attention to each other, and what suffers is our ability to know ourselves” (Turkle, 348). In other words, Turkle addresses that unsuccessfully seeking value within ourselves causes us to poorly communicate with others. With a low sense of self worth it limits us to do so. Not effectively engaging with others could negatively impact how we are able to recognize ourselves. It can be determined that human interaction is essential to forming our character. We feed off conversation with others as it can bring out our true self when we present ourselves in a certain way when communicating. This is affected by phones drawing us in, leading us to lose sight of who we are and our ability to show others our full potential. Phones are a way to fill the void of being alone, causing us to  never settle with our own thoughts, which pushes us away from acknowledging who we are and how we portray ourselves to show others our true identity. 

Technology presents itself to keep us engaged in what is going on in the world around us, which means it shifts our attention from being invested in forming true relationships and building valuable social abilities. With our phones always by our side being full of new content and information that can be very interesting, encouraging us to refer to it in order to stay engaged all the time. This leads us to disassociate ourselves in having true conversations which is important to developing social skills such as empathy. It has been identified that conversations play an important role, “Many of the things we all struggle with in love and work can be helped by conversation. Without conversation, studies show that we are less empathetic, less connected, less creative and fulfilled” (Turkle 350). It has been proven as Turkle stated that conversations are needed as a way to balance various attributions that help us grow as individuals. As communication with others challenges us to practice listening and negotiating, that helps us build on our ability to empathize with others when we are able to hear their perspectives. Whereas when technology comes into play it prohibits us from the opportunity to have real conversation as we can sit behind a screen to communicate without getting the genuine experience of forming a connection. As technology becomes a barrier to human interaction it takes away from the possibilities to develop social skills especially empathy that blocks us from being at our best self. 

Now that technology has taken over a majority of our lives, it appears to threaten our likelihood of having real conversations with society. Our phones have prevented us from being at our full potential of staying focused during a face to face interaction. While it develops the urge to rely on our phones even when alone, causing us to lose ourselves and our ability to see others. When not being involved in the conversation it makes us incapable of forming crucial social skills that are valuable to human life. Next time you’re using technology or on your phone, keep in mind how you could possibly be having a real conversation that builds on relationships that matter.

As our world has become heavily influenced by this profound tool known as technology, some may find it a beneficial and efficient resource, including yourself. But, imagine a world without technology, allowing you to be only invested in what you are surrounded with. It appears technology can change our focus, driving us away from meaningful conversation with others. Since we rely on technology as a source for many things including communication and education, we tend to lose the real source of connection. The presence of technology has caused human beings to lose focus being present in conversation, driving us to rely on our phones when we are alone leading to losing attention to both ourselves and others, lastly causing us to not form genuine connections with others. Ultimately, technology has posed an obstacle between real conversation with others that is valuable to our social development as individuals.

“The Empathy Diaries” by Sherry Turkle addresses the various concerns that have stemmed from our use of technology. Turkle is not only an author but also has a doctorate in sociology and personal psychology with various positions in the technology and Social Studies of Science fields as well. Her background has provided her the opportunity to conduct this well written piece addressing the idea of “conversation” and how technologies impact on us humans as it may pose difficulty when being in conversation with others in society. Her writing imposes us to consider our use of technology as it prevents individuals from being engaged with the social environment that is right in front of them and not on a screen, ultimately setting a divide between the real and digital worlds.

When it comes to humans and technology it appears that phones have become a barrier to having fully focused in person interactions. With our phones being practically attached to us, considering we have them with us a majority of the time, it causes us to subconsciously focus on it and all the content it contains. Turkle provides more insight to this as she writes, “We have learned that even a silent phone inhibits conversations that matter. The very sight of a phone on the landscape leaves us feeling connected to each other, less invested in each other.” It appears that Turkle’s point is to highlight this term, “connection” and its importance for humans to form face-to-face connections. As physical conversations serve a purpose to benefit our social capabilities allowing us to develop many skills from in person communication such as listening and empathy. However, when we can never give our undivided attention to the person in front of us due to our phones, it leaves us missing out on the opportunity to be engaged with others and build valuable social skills from doing so. Our electronic devices have served an issue, drawing our attention away from sharing the experience of real life connections that us humans should strive for as it enhances our social abilities.

Our attachment to our phones may lead us to disassociate ourselves from face-to-face connections, but we seek to stay connected digitally when faced with the state of loneliness. With this being said, when we are left alone we can never settle with just our thoughts for comfort, resulting in us going on our phones to solve this problem. According to Turkle, “Afraid of being alone, we struggle to pay attention to ourselves. And what suffers is our ability to pay attention to each other. If we can’t find our own center, we lose confidence in what we have to offer others. Or you can work the circle the other way: We struggle to pay attention to each other, and what suffers is our ability to know ourselves.” In other words, Turkle addresses that unsuccessfully seeking value within ourselves causes us to poorly communicate with others. With a low sense of self worth it limits us to do so. Not effectively engaging with others could negatively impact how we are able to recognize ourselves. It can be determined that human interaction is essential to forming our character. We feed off conversation with others as it can bring out our true self when we present ourselves in a certain way when communicating. This is affected by phones drawing us in, leading us to lose sight of who we are and our ability to show others our full potential. Phones are a way to fill the void of being alone, causing us to  never settle with our own thoughts, which pushes us away from acknowledging who we are and how we portray ourselves to show others our true identity. 

Technology presents itself to keep us engaged in what is going on in the world around us, which means it shifts our attention from being invested in forming true relationships with others that are present. With our phones always by our side being full of new content and information that can be very interesting, encouraging us to refer to it in order to stay engaged all the time. This leads us to disassociate ourselves in having true conversations which is important to value as human beings.

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