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February 5, 2020 - January 1, 2021
Empathy—at its most basic, the ability to imagine the feelings of another—is often described as a salve for divisions in American culture.
Social technology is ostensibly about connecting people, but it doesn’t often foster the empathy that’s needed for real human connection.
One 2017 study concluded that it’s not how much time people spend using social media but how they use it that has the most impact on their mental state.
You may have been affected by the empathy-tempering effects of social technology even if you don’t spend much time using it.
phubbing, or ignoring the people around you in favor of your phone.
Meanwhile, bad news seems worse than ever, and some days it seems like the only way to cope with the sensational headlines and endless tweets and posts about death and destruction around the world is to ignore them.
