Connected but alone These days technologies have become an inherent part of our everyday lives. People`s location does not matter anymore, they could always be connected with each other via a mobile communication. On the other hand, we are getting used to a new way of being alone together. Plugged-in lifestyle has changed people`s lives for the better. Distance and time are not a barrier anymore. At work, people could chat online, even if they are in different continents and time zones. It is convenient when you do not have to answer a request immediately as you must do in a live conversation. You could text your answer later when it would be better for you. Furthermore, your answer will probably be more convenient, if you prepare it well. Furthermore, with mobile communication people join online communities and get important information about news, sports, politics and other things. For instance, I use such an online community to find out the theme of an upcoming English speaking club and to sign up for this event. On the other hand, there is a downside of plugged-in life. In reality, people making a lot of their conversations online lose their true connection between each other. For example, parents text and do email while their children complain about not having their parents' full attention and vice versa. It seems that we communicate more today in comparison with the past, but we are only getting to a new way of being alone together because our communications have become superficial. In my opinion, people today have numbers of ways to communicate with each other than they used to. Despite this fact, humans now experience a lack of real talks in person and feel connected but alone. This is a problem for humanity and it needs to be solved.