LibraryScenariosWhen you forget how to be present without your phone
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When you forget how to be present without your phone

My phone battery died during dinner last night and I sat there with my family not knowing what to do with my hands or eyes or attention.

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More people experience this than they realize.

What we've seen

Constant digital stimulation has eroded the basic capacity for unmediated presence with those closest to you.

Ideas that help explain it
Worth thinking about

“Where Are You with Technology and human identity — who are we with our tools??”

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