Dr. Kimberley Taylor's video: IS THE INTERNET ALTERING OUR BRAINS CLOSER TOGETHER FURTHER APART

DOES THE ADVANCEMENT IN TECHNOLOGY CHANGE OUR ABILITY AND MAYBE EVEN OUR DESIRE TO FORM AND MAINTAIN MEANINGFUL INTERPERSONAL RELATIONSHIPS? IT CERTAINLY IS HAVING A PROFOUND IMPACT ON THE WAY WE COMMUNICATE AND THE WAY WE RECEIVE INFORMATION AND PROCESS THAT INFORMATION. AND THERE IS NO DOUBT THAT COMPUTERS AND THE INTERNET HAVE HAD A VITAL AND TRANSFORMATIVE EFFECT ON HOW WE RELATE TO EACH OTHER, BUT HAS IT ALSO CHANGED THE WAY WE THINK AND FEEL ABOUT OURSELVES AND OTHERS? TODAY WE WILL BE TALKING TO LEADING EXPERT ROBERT WEISS ABOUT HIS NEWEST BOOK CLOSER TOGETHER/FURTHER APART: THE EFFECT OF TECHNOLOGY AND THE INTERNET ON PARENTING, WORK, AND RELATIONSHIPS. SO WHEN I FIRST CAME ACROSS THIS BOOK BY ROBERT WEISS AND JENNIFER SCHNEIDER, I WAS INTERESTED IN WHAT THE RESEARCH WOULD TEACH US ABOUT OUR VAST NEW DIGITAL WORLD. YOUNG PEOPLE TODAY HAVE A TOTALLY DIFFERENT RELATIONSHIP WITH COMPUTERS AND TECHNOLOGY THEN THEIR PARENTS, AND HOW WE ARE RELATING TO EACH OTHER AND SHARING WITH EACH OTHER HAS BEEN DRAMATICALLY CHANGING IN THE PROCESS. SO THE QUESTION ARISES, IS TECHNOLOGY HURTING US? AS THE FOCUS OF OUR SOCIETY IS TURNING MORE AND MORE TO TECHNOLOGY AND BEING OUTFITTED WITH THE NEWEST AND LATEST GADGETS, ARE WE MISSING SOMETHING ALONG THE WAY? IT SEEMS OBVIOUS THAT young people ARE USING technology differently than older people AND TODAY WE WILL TAKE a look at how technology is changing OUR RELATIONSHIPS AND what the future might bring. SINCE TECHNOLOGY IS HERE TO STAY, WE DO NEED TO BE AWARE OF HOW WE CAN REMAIN OPEN TO THE NEW AND THE UNKNOWN TECHNICAL ADVANCES SO THAT WE CAN CONTINUE TO RELATE TO THE YOUNGER GENERATION. AND HOW WE PERCEIVE AND JUDGE THE CHANGES DEPENDS IN LARGE PART ON OUR AGE AND WHETHER THESE DEVICES HAVE ALWAYS BEEN A PART OF OUR LIVES OR WHETHER THESE CHANGES HAVE OCCURRED AFTER WE WERE ADULTS.