By Saeed Jones — 2021
This is an ode to digital friendships, a taxonomy of connections and disconnections.
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While many technology experts and scholars have concerns about the social, political and economic fallout from the spread of digital activities, they also tend to report that their own experience of digital life has been positive.
You not calling, as a friend, can actually compound the grief and loss they are feeling. Just pick up the phone, even if you get it wrong, just have a conversation and do your best. Your friend with cancer is still the same person they were before.
Rekindling dormant ties can bring unexpected benefits to our lives.
Look more closely and you’ll see.
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Demand from patients seeking help for their mental illnesses has led to underground use in a way that parallels black markets in the AIDS pandemic. This underground use has been most perilous for people of color, who face greater stigma and legal risks due to the War on Drugs.
Some people harbor the illusion that rest is a luxury they do not have time for, but the reality is that rest is a necessity.
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When it comes to the use of social media—a relatively new phenomenon—striking a balance between productive versus addictive use comes easier for some people than others. As recently as 2011, only 35 percent of U.S. adults owned a smartphone, according to the Pew Research Center.
With kids spending more and more time on screens, parents worry that they are getting hooked
The bodies of lonely people are markedly different from the bodies of non-lonely people.
To figure out why people complain so much on social media, we analysed negative posts on Facebook about brands caught up in media controversies at the time.