Turkle’s main argument in this TED talk is that as technology gets more advanced and as we begin to rely on it more, we expect more from it than we do real interactions. An example that Turkle mentions is when she discusses the story of a woman bonding with a robot. The woman had lost a child and she found comfort in talking to a robot that resembled a child (10:04). This shows Turkle’s argument in the fact that the woman was seeking empathy from technology rather than an actual human interaction. While it is unfortunate that the woman lost her child, nothing, not even technology, can change that. The best way to move forward from such a tragic event is by human connections and empathy, not by relying on an inhuman object that resembles what was lost.

I agree with Turkle’s observation that human’s are expecting more from technology than they do from other people. I think the entire purpose of technology is to create something that can do the things that people cannot do, and I don’t believe that this is a bad thing at all. People cannot talk to someone across the globe in a second, but with technology they can. However, I think the issue comes along when people rely on technology for things that they can do on their own, without it. Things such as empathy or human connections, as Turkle discusses, should not be the job of technology. We should rely on technology for doing the things that we physically cannot do without it; we should rely on ourselves for the things we can do without it.