9 Ways the Culture of Watching Is Changing Us

9 Ways the Culture of Watching Is Changing Us

Watching and being watched are no longer confined to how newborns bond with their mothers or apprentice chefs learn from sushi masters. Watching now changes how we identify ourselves and how others understand us. “Selfies” are not an anomaly; they are personal reflections of a wholesale adoption of the new culture of watching. We are watching so many—and so many…

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Rethinking 'Presence' in a Technocentric World

Rethinking 'Presence' in a Technocentric World

Cathy Cruz Marrero was texting while walking in the Berkshire Mall in Reading, Pennsylvania, when she tumbled headfirst into a water fountain, getting completely drenched. Her pratfall was caught by the mall’s surveillance video and then posted on YouTube, where it has been viewed almost 2 million times. Consider the father of three young children I knew who died instantly…

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