Tag: Social Isolation

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Peter Biles
Date
January 3, 2024

Categorized
Technology

Tagged
community, friendship, loneliness, Social Isolation, social media, Tech, Technology}

You Can Be Social and Still Be Very Lonely

_{Machines can't meet our need to be known and understood.} _{Peter Biles
January 3, 2024

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Technology speaks to efficiency and convenience but ultimately can’t know you like a person could.

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Denyse O'Leary
Date
August 22, 2018

Categorized
Social Factors

Tagged
internet awareness education, Social Factors, Social Isolation, social media, Technocracy, Unintended Consequences, YouTube}

Hell Is a “Parasocial” Place

_{Where your "friends" may not even exist} _{Denyse O'Leary
August 22, 2018

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Consumer digital hells can be dreadful indeed but they are mostly of our own making. The companies that profit from them are not forcing us to live in them. That said, students should be taught in school that the internet’s virtual world features a great deal of fakery, including fake friends.