ISOL(N)ATION
“Social networks are more like mutual isolation networks that detach people from meaningful interactions with one another and make them less human.”
Sherry Turkle “Alone Together”
(professor of Massachusetts Institute of Technology)
(professor of Massachusetts Institute of Technology)
With the rise of the Internet and modern technology, the rules and laws of life have changed. This is a particularly noticeable phenomenon in big cities. At the moment everyone has a phone with access to the Internet. And after the appearance in our lives of social networks such as Facebook or Twitter, we are significantly detached from reality and simply stopped noticing it. All real life began to transform into virtual reality. We began to spend almost all of our time on social networks. Virtual friends replaced real communication for us. We started paying less attention to the people surrounding us. Most sociologists and psychologists believe that social networks and Internet addiction distance us from reality and make us more lonely.
Sherry Turkle, professor of Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) says that social networks are more like mutual isolation networks that detach people from meaningful interactions with one another and make them less human. Turkle emphasizes her belief that more people need to put down their phones, turn off their computers, and learn to communicate with one another face-to-face.