Sherry Turkle, speaker of the TED talk "Connected, But Alone?", made a good argument regarding the overuse of technology. Turkle explained how technology has changed who we are as a society and has opened doors to places we don't want to go. Technology has caused us to lack in human relations, "being together while not together". Technology has turned real life communication into some type of scary thing that we try to avoid at all costs. Online we are able to edit and delete the things we say, in real life we don't have the option to control what we say, leaving more room for a messy relationship. Whether it's a family reunion or a work meeting, humans are drawn to their phone anytime they are uninterested in the topic at hand. It is an escape mechanism. I'll admit, I reach for my phone in every awkward encounter I have, just because it's easier than facing what's happening around me. Text messages has one direct purpose: to let someone know you are thinking about them. Society has become so attached to mobile devices that now we use texting to meet people and get to know them on a personal level. Whether it is a romantic interest or just a friendship. The problem is that people are only listening to things they want too, they aren't expanding their interests further. We have come to the point where "we expect more from technology than we do from each other." In the process of using technology we have lost the ability to be alone. When we are alone, we reach for our phones and connect with people all around the world in order to get the feeling that someone is there with you. We have turned "being alone into something that feelings like a problem." We are at the point were we can still make a difference and slowing return to our old ways, or we can continue to corrupt our lives with more advanced technology.