In his essay, Franzen describes the difference between liking something and loving something that most of us do not want to admit, that technology is taking over our lives. He explains how we might be obsessed with our phones because we are relying on them daily. It is a one-sided relationship in which you can keep control of it but there is no sentimentality on these objects. Franzen uses seductive writing when speaking of our relationships with our phones. It is erotic in every way because it is perverse to how manipulative people can be online. Objects in our lives become more attractive and we let them because that is what we want to happen. For example, Apple likes to come out with a new phone every year so we’re constantly wanting to upgrade it to the most recent phone which is damaging us in the sense of us not satisfied with our smartphones. However, love is a great interest and having that pleasure in something. I don’t agree with his concept because I don’t think it has affected my life or taken over but I can say many many applications make our lives much easier when it comes to education, traveling, and food. Our smartphones can solve our problems within minutes. which can be very scary if you think about it. I once was searching for something on google later that day I go on social media and the same thing I searched up appeared on my feed. Which makes me think our phones are like human robots who watch you from day to night and throw at us certain things that might catch our attention.
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