Throughout Sherry Turkle’s TED Talk “Connected, but alone,” she discussed the effects of technology on our society and ourselves. Many people assume that texting is considered a conversation; however, texting only offers discrete bits of conversation. While technology is beneficial for sending a quick message, it does not offer face-to-face communication which is necessary for the development of children and young adults. Turkle claims technology has three major “gratifying fantasies”: it puts attention wherever we want it to be; we will always be heard; we will never have to be alone. While many people rarely admit as much, texts are edited versions of yourself which can be rewritten and words can be deleted before being sent. Turkle believes texting produces a personality that does not truly represent you. Another point she makes is that people use their phones to be heard. She observed many people avoid loneliness by turning to their phone, which many of us could relate to. Turkle advocates technology is appealed most when someone is vulnerable. It is easy for anyone to go to their social media account and say how their feeling. It has become common today to dismiss the issue that technology has replaced people. As Turkle mentions, a modified version of Siri will become someone’s best friend. This TED Talk is extremely relevant to many generations. Many people own phones or social media accounts; however, not many of us think about what technology is costing us.