the goldilocks effect: technology vs. conversation
DESCRIPTION
Technology has vast advantages, but it is affecting the way we communicate. Social media and text messaging are reducing the number of conversations we hold in person and consequentially diminishing our social skills.TRANSCRIPT
THE
EFFECT
FLICKR- SIMON LAW
“WE CAN USE TECHNOLOGY TO KEEP ONE
ANOTHER AT DISTANCES WE
CAN CONTROL:
NOT TOO CLOSE, NOT TOO FAR,
JUST RIGHT”
Flickr: whatmattdoes
-SHERRY TURKLE
SO
IN A NUTSHELL
TECHNOLOGY IS
DESTROYING OUR SOCIAL SKILLS Flickr: ESKO KURVINEN
WE HAVE CREATED AN ECONOMY
FOR ATTENTION FLICKR: EVAN LEESON
WHERE WE CAN
DIRECT OUR
attention
WHEREVER WE
WANT, AND VALUE
THE AMOUNT WE
RECEIVE FROM
OTHERS
FLICKR: ADRIANA CECHI
WHILE
Ambient CONNECTIVITY
PACIFIES US
FLICKR: EMA NUELE
WHEN WAS THE LAST TIME YOU SPOKE
TO A STRANGER?
FLICKR: ERNESTO DE QUESADA
MOST OF US ARE
TOO BUSY STARING
AT OUR
“
“WE ARE MISTAKING
CONNECTION
FOR
CONVERSATION” FLICKR: PICTUREWENDY
-SHERRY TURKLE
“All these
sips don’t
add up to
one big gulp”
-sherry turkle
FLICKR: JEFF MEVER
“SOMEDAY... I’D LIKE TO LEARN HOW TO HAVE A
CONVERSATION”
-BOY TO SHERRY TURKLE
NEW SKILL: MAKING EYE CONTACT WHILE TEXTING
FLICKR: JARED TROTTIER
BUT ARE YOU REALLY LISTENING?
FLICKR: JARED TROTTIER
WE ARE DUMBING DOWN OUR
LANGUAGE
WUT?
OMG SEW MUCH FOMO!
WE ARE DUMBING DOWN OUR LANGUAGE FLICKR: MARC WATHIEU
“LOL”
IS NO
SUBSTITUE FOR
HEARING HUMAN
LAUGHTER FLICKR: SHAN SHEEHAN
BEHIND A SCREEN WE CAN CAREFULLY EDIT WHAT WE SAY
FLICKR: SHARYN MORROW
BUT IN PERSON
WE HAVE LESS
CONTROL OVER HOW WE ARE
PERCEIVED BY OTHERS FLICKR: PABLO POULIN
WE ARE RAMPING UP THE SPEED OF CONVERSATIONS
FLICKR: JOHNATHAN COHEN
SO WE HAVE LESS
PATIENCE IN PERSON
BECOMES
MORE
DIFFICULT
When
Speaking in
person
PATIENCE
FLICKR: NAVAL HISTORY AND HERITAGE
Do we do?
Try developing a more
SELF-AWARE
relationship with
technology
SET GROUND RULES
FOR TECHNOLOGY-
FREE CONVERSATION
SPACES OR TIMES
CONVERSATION IS A SKILL:
PRACTICE MAKES
PERFECT
SOURCES “now everyone is connected, is this the death of conversation?” –simon jenkins
“THE FLIGHT FROM CONVERSATION” –sherry turkle
“is social media ruining our kids’ social skills?” –parent today
“we never talk anymore: the problem with text messaging” –jeffrey kluger
“alone together” -sherry turkle
All images sourced from flickr creative commons