Across generations, technology is implicated in this assault on empathy. We’ve gotten used to being connected all the time, but we have found ways around conversation — at least from conversation that is open-ended and spontaneous, in which we play with ideas and allow

Across generations, technology is implicated in this assault on empathy.
We’ve gotten used to being connected all the time, but we have found
ways around conversation — at least from conversation that is open-ended
and spontaneous, in which we play with ideas and allow ourselves to be
fully present and vulnerable. But it is in this type of conversation —
where we learn to make eye contact, to become aware of another person’s
posture and tone, to comfort one another and respectfully challenge one
another — that empathy and intimacy flourish. In these conversations, we
learn who we are.