Topic > Analysis of Sherry Turkle's TED Talk - 1933

At 7:32, Turkle shares a personal experience when Stephen Colbert asked her a certain question that can be considered a counterargument to hers. She claims Colbert asked, "Don't all those little tweets, all those little sips of online communication, don't they add up to one big sip of real conversation?" She quickly refutes the idea by observing: "my answer is no, it doesn't add up", but admits the idea by adding: "connecting in sips can work to collect discrete information, it can work to say "I'm thinking of you" , or even for saying “I love you” – I mean, look how I felt when I got that text from my daughter,” yet she effectively backs up her rebuttal by stating how “communicating in sips doesn't really work in terms of learning other person or mutual knowledge and understanding.” Mention how we use conversations with each other to learn to converse with ourselves and how it helps us reflect on ourselves, which is an extremely valuable skill for children in terms of development question that Colbert asked is a question that I asked myself too. I have friends in elementary school who are like family to me. Today we all go to different high schools and communicate with each other via text messages and group chats. I too would think that texting each other would be a good way to communicate. However,