My teenage daughter spends hours on apps that claim to teach mindfulness and self-improvement, and I want to support her growth but I also think she's missing the point about virtue requiring real relationships and community. We can't talk about it without her thinking I'm just being anti-technology.
More people experience this than they realize.
The desire to support growth collides with concern that virtual virtue might bypass the messiness of actual human development.
“Where Are You with Confucian virtue ethics and technology?”
If this sounds familiar, the Library can help you find the bigger picture.