Technology in Moder Society

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Many would argue that Turkle and Gladwell are anti-technologists, which would be absolutely wrong as they are only trying to convey that technology should be only used when only needed. Nevertheless, both authors did not pay attention to certain points that would probably lead to arguments over their ideas. Gladwell for instance, did not think that social media would be easier for powerless voices to share their ideas and discuss them with other; moreover, social media brings people together for a common cause that unites them towards one goal. These networks oppose Gladwell’s idea that social networks would only help in finding stolen phones or in humane services like the bone marrow transplant example. Gladwell was not able to predict what would happen in the future, like the Arab Spring, and that resulted into raising many questions over his essay; he also did not pay attention to the democratic voice that is absent during traditional activism; prominence would be reached if people tend to share their thoughts and ideas to their leaders and not only follow his orders. On the other hand, Turkle tended to be very pessimistic over human relationships with robots; this overly-predicted aspect led people to perhaps doubt her thought. Generalizing also played a huge role in Turkle’s essay, as many countries around the world are not as technologically advanced as the US and Europe. Moreover, taking David Levy’s point of view is not enough to express or represent a population’s point of view.

It is indisputable that social networks play a huge role in communicating with each other all over the world in a matter of seconds; however, people tend to misuse them or use them in dislocated plans. Gladwell and Turkle managed to grasp the readers’ attention to their topics and to agree with their ideas of technology implications on society; nevertheless, many of their ideas raised arguments and questions that gave the reader the ability to re-assess and judge.