It’s normal for us to always be glued to our screens. So how are they changing us, and how will they shape our future? This hour, TED speakers explore our ambivalent relationships with our screens.
Amber Case argues we have become a screen-staring, button-clicking new version of Homo sapiens — and examines what it means to live with a second self, a digital identity that exists in parallel with our physical one.
Cyborg anthropologist Amber Case examines the way humans and technology interact and evolve together. Her fieldwork involves observing how people participate in digital networks, and project their personalities, communicate, work, play and form values on their devices. She founded Geoloqi, a private location-sharing application, and is the author of Calm Technology and An Illustrated Dictionary of Cyborg Anthropology.
Part 2 of the TED Radio Hour episode Screen Time.