In Sherry Turkle’s TED talk her purpose was to inform, persuade, and entertain the viewers about the influence of technology on our behaviors. She informs the viewers of the effects of people always being on their phones. She also persuades the viewers by making valid points of being together but in a sense alone, and its entertainment to people because technology is growing, and society is adapting to these ways of life. I think she did succeed in the TED talk by adding real life examples and stories to connect it to the points she’s making. She even relates her own life to the talk, which I think is effective.  She also is a psychologist and references it other work she’s done, and talks about how long she’s been working on her studies.  I agree what her TED talk, people are losing the ability to communicate face to face and relying on technology to replace boredom. I think technology is great, but people need to have boundaries.