Crisis of Connection: Coexistence Without Contact and Weakening Communication Skills
- 1Psychologist Mark Travers calls the ailment of relationships coexistence without contact.
- 2Sherry Turkle argues that being together while being elsewhere weakens essential communication skills.
- 3Couples spend most of five days apart and scroll through smartphones for 20 minutes.
So what's the key point?
People are spending time together while only looking at their smartphones, which reduces conversation. This means the ability to communicate with one another may be declining.
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