Personal Musings

Watching a recent TED talk – Sherry Turkle: Connected, but alone

She discusses the effect of mobile phones on our social construct. Sherry noted our human need to ‘not be alone’ and how we’re shaping conversations over digital interactions rather than dealing with the messiness of face-to-face conversation.

It occurred to me that a snippet was missed off…

What wasn’t discussed was this idea of tribes and how digital tools are re-enabling an innate need for small groups or teams.
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