
How your cellphone is silently disrupting your social life
Clip: 11/27/2015 | 7m 3s
How your cellphone is silently disrupting your social life
Can a cellphone reduce the amount of empathy we feel for each other? In her new book “Reclaiming Conversation,” author Sherry Turkle argues that technology is creating the illusion of togetherness, while reducing actual communication and connection. She joins Jeffrey Brown to discuss her ideas for increasing interaction, both using in technology and without.
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How your cellphone is silently disrupting your social life
Clip: 11/27/2015 | 7m 3s
Can a cellphone reduce the amount of empathy we feel for each other? In her new book “Reclaiming Conversation,” author Sherry Turkle argues that technology is creating the illusion of togetherness, while reducing actual communication and connection. She joins Jeffrey Brown to discuss her ideas for increasing interaction, both using in technology and without.
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