an elf’s Reviews > Alone Together: Why We Expect More from Technology and Less from Each Other > Status Update

Young people losing inclinations for human connection, empathy. Don’t see the point in considering the experiences and feelings of others

Purpose driven, people as tools/means of achieving goals

Kids talking about parents being constantly on devices

Critique of calling online spaces communities. Language dilution

People sounding/writing like machines

Trusting safety in online comms… neglecting fact that it’s not safe and is forever

Avoidance of showing emotion in front of others (e.g. death of friend). Avoid processing emotions in realtime

Narcissistic self requiring others to bolster the fragile self

Emotional regulation through texting (teenager texting example)

Second life… married man married ‘woman’ avatar (doesn’t want to think about how ‘she’ may be a man, thinks ‘she’ knows and loves his true self)

Elder care + robots :’(