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When video calls create more loneliness than connection

We are long distance and video calls are keeping us together but sometimes I feel more lonely talking to him through a screen than I do when we do not talk at all.

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More people experience this than they realize.

What we've seen

Digital communication can highlight the gap between what we crave and what technology can actually provide.

Ideas that help explain it
Worth thinking about

“Where Are You with Technology and intimacy?”

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