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When Digital Solutions Create New Forms of the Original Problem

I bought my grandmother an iPad to help her feel less lonely but now when I visit her she spends the whole time playing solitaire on it instead of talking to me.

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More people experience this than they realize.

What we've seen

Technology introduced to address isolation can become a new form of the very disconnection it was meant to solve.

Worth thinking about

“Where Are You with The examined relationship with screens?”

If this sounds familiar, the Library can help you find the bigger picture.