Connected, But Alone? Blog Post

*as a psychologist ++ to live better in the real world *Over the past 15 years, She've studied technology of mobile communication. *Devices in our pogket *Psychologically powerful (they change who we are) *We remove ourself from our grief or from our revery *Alone together (people want to be with each other but also else where *Hiding from each other (Across the generation," I see that people can't get enough of each other *Goldilocks effect (Just right~ means develop face to face relationships *Someday, but certainly not now,"I would like to learn now to have a conversation" *Conversation~ Connection *We use conversation to learn each other and get know people better. *No one listen ( From most of the people just chat or text to each other but one listen to each other that why we have facebook or twitter. * "we expect more from technology and less from each other" because technology appeals to us most * Being alone feels like a problem. * If we don't teach our children to be alone they will only know how to be lonely * Time to talk to each other We develop a more self-aware relationship with them with each other and with ourseloves ~ You can start thinking of solitude as a good thing find ways to demonstrate this as a value to your children. * Most important, we really need to listen to each other including to the boring bits. * Technology is making a bid to human connection ( How we care for each other, How we care for ourselves)