I just completed our reading for Wednesday and found the “Who Am We?” article to be very interesting, but kind of scary as well.  The first thing I did was try to find more about Sherry Turkle and after researching a few sites, this was what I came up with, Sherry Turkle AKA Abby Rockefeller Mauze` is a well renowned Professor of  Social Studies of Science and Technology in the Program in Science, Technology, and Society at MIT.  She also founded the “MIT Initiative on Technology and Self, a center of research and reflection on the evolving connections between people and artifacts”.   I have to say that this article made me feel really strange.  It was creepy, strange.  Some of the emotions and social behaviors that were described troubled me as a mom.  It became very clear to me why our society is so eager to assign blame to technology when things go wrong.   The article discusses the idea of technology as a living brain.  It provides us with a perception that individuals are creating autonomous connections as we link information together just as that of the human brain.  I fully understand the correlation when you think about all the diversified amount of information that is being collected and how dependant upon the web we have become.  It is a wonderful integration to us globally.  However, I have to wonder if we should be doing more in the way of counseling or instruction to counsel students with regard to the use, safety, and social behavior that is conducive on the World Wide Web. What do you guys think?