In what way is the object valuable?

I believe this object is valuable because it allows people to communicate from long distances. I have family in New Zealand that I FaceTime every weekend. If telephones didn't exist we would still be relying on letter writing in order to get in contact with someone who lives far away.

I feel as though the telephone/mobile phone brings us closer together but also puts a distance between us. It's like Sherry Turkle said, not too far, not too close, just right. My generation are so used to using our mobile phones that we are almost use them more than actually communicating with the person face to face. I am in my final year so I don't really have time for a social life. I have gone weeks without seeing some of my friends and the only way I am in contact with them is through social media.

There are many advantages and disadvantages to phone. With new technologies your phone is a mini computer with all the information in the world in it. On the other side you start to depend on it. It's glued to you hand and is by you at all times. It's almost like another limb that you can't live without because otherwise you'll feel lost. I was 11 when I got my first phone and my mother was in her 20s when she got her first phone. I remember asking her how did you find out information for projects, etc. She told me she went to the library. With the Internet on your phone you can find out the weather in a country on the other side of the world. I just couldn't imagine a time without the Internet. I asked my grandmother how they got in contact with someone if they wanted to meet up. With phones you could just send a message and get a reply almost instantly. She said they wrote letters or else when they saw each other made a plan to meet up again. It's so bizarre to hear what life was like before technology took over.