Superbloom: How Technologies of Connection Tear Us Apart
Instagram and TikTok have facilitated easy, superficial connections that placate the human need to truly connect to people, art, and ideas. Comparing ourselves to strangers' highlight reels flattens our self-worth.
Consuming content about cultural events gave the impression of relational connection, when in reality, I'd just watched a 15-second vide... See more
Consuming content about cultural events gave the impression of relational connection, when in reality, I'd just watched a 15-second vide... See more
Who Can You Trust?: How Technology Brought Us Together – and Why It Could Drive Us Apart
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"Phones mean that solitude is more crowded than it used to be, and crowds are more solitary.“Bright lines once separated being alone and being in a crowd,” Nicholas Carr, the author of the new book Superbloom: How Technologies of Connection Tear Us Apart, told me. “Boundaries helped us. You could be present with your friends and reflective in your ... See more