Saving the Lost Art of Conversation. (The Atlantic)

 

"We’re talking at each other rather than with each other."

 

"Her most recent book, Alone Together: Why We Expect More From Technology and Less From Each Other, explores our reliance on devices that can isolate us under the auspices of connection. "

 

"She advocates limiting our device usage in “sacred spaces” like the dinner table, the places where phones and their enticements may impede intimacy and interaction. She wants us to look into each other’s eyes as we talk. She wants us to read each other’s movements. She wants us to have conversations that are supremely human."

 

“Everybody’s talking,” she muses. "And nobody’s talking about anything except what’s on the machines.”

 

 

If you want to read the whole article click on this link http://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2014/01/the-eavesdropper/355727/

 

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