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Life Examined

Technology’s impact on human relationships

For millennia, machines and innovation have transformed our society including our most intimate relationships with one another.

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By Jonathan Bastian • Aug 29, 2020 • 51m Listen

For millennia, machines and innovation have transformed our society including our most intimate relationships with one another. The plow, washing machine, chatbots and Artificial Intelligence have shaped relationships in the past and continue to impact how we interact with each other today and into the future. Will new advances in technology diminish the need for human to human interaction?

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