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The flight from conversation
1. The Flight From Conversation
By: Mark Dimock
Photo by: Johan Larsson (flickr)
2. We live in a technological universe in which we
are always communicating.
And yet we have sacrificed conversation for
mere connection.
Photo by: Christopher Sullivan (flickr)
3. The little devices most of us carry around are so
powerful that they change not only what we
do, but also who we are.
Photo by: Ed Yourdon (flickr)
5. Photo by: Jim Bumgardner (flickr)
In the silence of connection,
people are comforted by
being in touch with a lot of
people — carefully kept at
bay.
6. We are tempted to think that our little “sips” of
online connection add up to a big gulp of real
conversation. But they don’t.
7. Photo by: Victor De la Rocha (flickr)
Connecting in sips
may work for
gathering discrete
bits of information...
8. But connecting in sips doesn’t work as well
when it comes to understanding and knowing
one another.
Photo by: Raissa Ruschel (flickr)
9. We think constant connection will make us feel
less lonely. The opposite is true.
10. If we are unable to be alone, we are far more
likely to be lonely.
11. Photo by: ores2k (flickr)
People can’t properly
express emotion or
complete thoughts in a
short text message
12. As we get used to being shortchanged on
conversation and to getting by with less, we
seem almost willing to dispense with people
altogether.
Photo by: Lance Robotson (flickr)
15. Often, I will be somewhere, and see people my age who
are supposed to be a “couple” who are barely able to
say hi to each other.
Photo Brandon Warren (flickr)
16. Photo by: Mauricio Balvanera (flickr)
I’m sure as soon as they go home, their iPhones will
light up with little hearts and endearing expressions
of their undying love.
17. We don’t know how to actually deal with one
another anymore, because real life doesn’t
come with a delete button and little smiley
faces.
Photo by: Mixy Lorenzo (flickr)
18. Photo by: Collin Key (flickr)
We need to remember — in between texts and e-mails
and Facebook posts — to listen to one another
19. Photo by: Jakub Hlavaty
People want most of all to be
heard; to have others listen to
them — really listen — and
understand their needs and
concerns.
20. Photo by: _nickd (flickr)
So I say, look up, look at one another, and let’s
start the conversation.
21. References
• The Flight From Conversation. Sherry Turkle.
The New York Times. April 2012.
(Slides: 2-10, 12, 14, 18-20)
• Texting teens don’t know how to have real
conversations, http://www.voxxi.com/texting-
teens-conversations/#ixzz2TcBxe5Je
(Slides: 11, 15, 16, 17)
