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Why documenting moments prevents you from experiencing them

I took my kids to the park for two hours today but spent most of it taking photos of them playing instead of actually watching them play.

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More people experience this than they realize.

What we've seen

The impulse to capture life for later consumption robs the present of its irreplaceable immediacy.

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