My family agreed to try using a meditation app together but my teenager just goes through the motions, my partner checks email during sessions, and I'm the only one taking it seriously which makes me resentful about our whole attempt at contemplative technology use.
More people experience this than they realize.
Different levels of commitment to contemplative practice through digital tools reveals underlying tensions about authenticity, effort, and what it means to practice together.
“Where Are You with Buddhist contemplative computing?”
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