Not long ago, I wrote an article about The Reach, a term I use to describe the semi-involuntary movement we make toward our smart phones when they ping. You're having a conversation with someone in the 3D world. "Ping!" Your device announces an incoming email or text message. It might be Very Important! Without missing a beat, we reach for the phone, disconnecting from whoever we're with to engage with a more important someone. In that essay, I shared my thoughts about some of the ways our children are impacted by the partial engagement created by this relationship we have with our electronic devices. The phone beeps, the iPad buzzes, or the computer chimes, and the conversation we are...
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