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From silicon valleys to mental alleys: how tech titans sacrificed human wellness at the altar of screen time
“We are lonely but fearful of intimacy. Digital connections and the sociable robot may offer the illusion of companionship without the demands of friendship. Our networked life allows us to hide from each other, even as we are tethered to each other.” — Sherry Turkle, Sociologist, MIT.
It seems like my blog posts nowadays often begin with a nostalgic “When I was a kid,” making me feel a bit like Rose Nylund from the Golden Girls. You know, the lovable character, played by the late Betty White, who had a story for every occasion, often transporting us to the whimsical world of St. Olaf, with her opening line, “when I was a little girl growing up in St. Olaf.”
Well, brace yourselves because here comes another one!
When I was a little girl growing up in the lush countryside of a small and quaint Caribbean island, television during the week was as off-limits as a jar of cookies before dinner. The only TV action my siblings and I got was whatever we could sneakily catch a glimpse of on our…
