Are connectivity demands (especially from work) stressing people? Yep. Are teens sometimes awkward at conversation? Haha, sure.
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Is there any empirical evidence that social technologies are destroying conversation? Not seen any. I'd buy: TV, long work hours & commutes.
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Also folks: I have "lids down" classes. OF COURSE there's a place for putting the phone computer away, focusing etc.
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A conversation about conversation needs: long work hours & commutes. Job insecurity. Non-walkable neighborhoods. Needing two parent salary.
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Finally, social tech often displaces TV use, or makes TV watching more social. Since TV is actually socially destructive & isolating, yeay.
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So, sure let's have better phone etiquette. But if we want people to put away phones, first task is reasonable work demands & job security.
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Second task is distinguishing social, shared uses of technology and their role in employer surveillance and demands which drives so much.
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Third task is recognizing TV & isolating residential housing patterns are core parts of technological infrastructure that we can't ignore.
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Fourth: if conversation at the party isn't 100% lively and teens are avoiding adults and talking to each other? Well. Meh. Human condition.
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So let's be thoughtful in where we whip out our phones, but also thoughtful in looking at actual data, and analyzing why people do it. /end
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