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http://www.nytimes.com/2015/09/27/opinion/sunday/stop-googling-lets-talk.html?partner=rssnyt&emc=rss
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- What is empathy and how is technology impacting it in our society in your view?
- What are some solutions she suggests and are you capable of them?
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ReplyDeleteSo I reread this article and my stance hasn't changed from before. Our society suffers from using technology everywhere they go. IN the article, the writer talks about how people are refusing to talk face to face and instead use their cell phones as a way to communicate to each other. As a result, high school students are treating each other like children, and people loses empathy. The best solution to this problem, is to just put the phone on silent. People forget that they can take time out of their lives and just talk to someone in front of the. For example instead of sending a text, call them instead. Its not that hard to keep your eyes off of technology, and although I shouldn't really be criticizing other people, I can show the decency to talk to people at a diner.
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ReplyDeleteEveryone wants to discover who she or he truly is. This is possible only through "open-ended and spontaneous" face-to-face conversations, in which we can be "fully present and vulnerable" and we can relate to the others' needs. I think empathy is this great capacity of understanding the feelings of the people all around us and, as a consequence, of understanding how we are made. As far as technology is concerned, I think it's a matter of the significant choice we have to face: "it is not about giving up our phones, but about using them with greater intention". I agree with this statement, because as dangeroug as it can be, technology can be extremely interesting.
ReplyDeleteAs solution, the author suggests that "we can choose not to carry our phones all the time. We can park our phones in a room and go to them every hour or two while we work on other things or talk to other people."
An other one is the "do not disturb" feature on your iPhone, through which, if you want to talk, "you are not interrupted by vibrations, lights or rings". I already use this solution and I'd really like to try some of the others the author suggests: I love to stay with people and I think that a good company of friends would let me be capable of letting me forget my phone.
Empathy is the ability to understand or share the feelings of another. Technology affects this greatly because face to face conversation has deteriorated. In school or even at the dinner table, there's always looking down at the phone and no room for conversation. At any event, people's faces are glued to the phone. Like the author said, "Our phones are not accessories, but psychologically potent devices that change not just what we do but who are." The internet on our phones can influence us, whether we notice it or not. The author mentioned about a phone free camp, and that really worked. The boys communicated with one another and got to know each other. The virtuous circle also helped. The author said, "We can park our phones in a room and go to them every hour or two while we work on other things or talk to other people." I totally agree with and can definitely do that. This generation has changed greatly with technology but we need to use it wisely. The author also talked about the "Do not disturb feature" on our phones. That can be very helpful and make us less distracted. Having company with friends and family would let me not even think about my phone.
ReplyDeleteEmpathy within our society has become almost extinct because of the technology we have today. In this article Sherry explains how technology, especially our phones, has made connections with people and our conversations to be very bland and useless. She explains that "82% of adults felt the way they use their phones in social settings hurts the conversations". Phones get in the way of communicating with people that are important to us. When people are together it isn't the same way as when they are texting. Sherry explains that we should have a "VIRTIOUS CIRCLE" so that we can have a secure connection with ourselves and the people around us. We also need to be content with being alone, instead of being lonely when we are by ourselves without a phone. I feel We should take time limits on when we use our phones and how much we use it for. We should stop texting so much and actually have one on one time with the people we love.
ReplyDeleteIn today's society it is normal to see everyone on their phone because of how fast you can recieve and.answer or talk to someone across the world. It is sad to see that a father is to preoccupied in their phone to talk to their child. That is just saying it's okay not to socialize with the physical world and just dedicate every moment to the internet world. She says we can use the "do not disturb" feature on our phones, but for some people that will be hard to do because they may always be expecting a notification or a call. I probably could turn on this feature because my life isn't totally revolving around my phone or my ipad. I do spend time have a physical conversation because it is a necessity thay makes us human. Empathy pretty much doesn't exist in this lifetine because of all the new technology that is in this society and how much people don't socialize.
ReplyDeleteBy reading this article I was able to understand the gist of what the author was trying to say : humans are disconnected from society because of the dependence we have for our phones. In my opinion, this is true. However, using phones isn’t the worst thing that we do. Empathy - the ability to understand and express emotions with one another - lacks when we are using our phones, but on some circumstances using our phones isn’t necessarily bad. We can share/take photos with one another or bond with something we saw on the internet. Nonetheless, when people are socializing, they shouldn’t use their phone for any other reason besides those I have listed. We must connect by talking and listening to each other in order to have empathy and friendships. When we have free time, we shouldn’t be on our phone for most of that time. We should be exploring new hobbies or doing something we are passionate about and really just connecting with ourselves during this free time. I agree with the solutions that the article mentioned, which was taking a few minutes to just think and open our minds without any source of technology, going to a phone free camp, or just sitting in groups and talking without constantly looking at our phones. However, something that I do, which shows I would be capable and successful of trying out the solutions the author has to offer, is turn off my phone the whole day. Whenever I go out, I bring my phone in case of an emergency or to tell my parents where I am and that I’m safe. I don’t use my phone and I appreciate what the world is offering me and I enjoy myself with my friends, rather than ignoring my friends and the world because I’m too attached to my phone.
ReplyDeleteIn our world today empathy is rarely seen. The reason empathy is rarely seen today is due to technology. Technology seems to get in the way of our lives socially. Instead of communicating face to face we rather talk to someone through a screen. When we use emojis especially it can be quite misleading to what we might actually express in the moment. In the article Sherry talks about how we refuse to talk to the person infront of us and rather text the person when clearly the person is right in front of our face. Especially in modern day young adolescents rather spend time on their phones, computers, tv, and gaming stations than go outside and play or even learn a new hobby. Many young children also have the latest iphones when they honestly don't need it. In my opinion this is kind of robbing them of their own childhood. I agree that we do need "alone time" without any technology and have time to just think and take in whats around us. The world is completely different once we free ourselves from technology. I tend to bring my phone everywhere with me mainly because my parents want to make sure in case of an emergency that they have a way to reach me. I try to as much as I can especially with family not to be on my phone at all if possible just because I think its rude if I'm having a conversation with someone and they look at their phone as if I'm boring them. For that I don't want anyone to feel like that whenever I have a conversation with them.
ReplyDeleteCellphones are extremely helpful to everyone. In a matter of seconds you can find out anything you want to know. You can talk to people from all across the world and find the answer to any question you ask. Cellphones do make peoples lives easier, however sometimes we get too used to having them around. People get so used to talking to eachother on their phones because it is easier for them. While texting may seem like a great thing because you can talk to someone far away while staying at home, texting and calling should not be preferred over meeting in person. People are starting to have trouble communicating without cellphones. People should remember that when they are about to die they are going to look back on their lives and see they've spent more time focused on a phone rather than having memories to look back on. So having a phone is great we should just remember to know we should be able to live without a phone.
ReplyDeleteIn this article, it shows that empathy is about sharing feelings to one another. Technology Impact on empathy because no one really listens to anyone anymore. The article says that, "Even a silent phone disconnects us." We focus one what is on your phone then what someone is saying. We can put our phones away when we are in gather meets and really listen to what people have to say.
ReplyDeleteOne solution that the author suggests is keeping your phone completely out of the scene when you are with others. I think I am not capable of this because I would have anxiety the whole time as to weather my parents will try to contact me. Other than that I would be completely fine not having my phone in the same room as me. One thing the Author talks about is the "rule of threes" and I never knew what to call it but in social gatherings it happens. I am always one of the three people paying attention,and I don't understand why people even come out with their friends if they're just going to use their phone the whole time
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