The short article, "Is Technology Making Us Less Empathic?" by Gary Small Makes a couple great points that coincide with my belief that technology is indeed making us less empathetic in face-to-face interactions. One major point from the article that I would like to highlight is the face that we are introducing technology to early into kids. When children are growing up their brains are still figuring out what things like empathy are, but with the presence of so much technology the gadgets are clouding their brain and making them unable to process empathy at early ages.
http://www.cnn.com/2011/OPINION/02/18/small.vorgan.internet.empathy/index.html?hpt=C2
I agree with Connor's point that technology does indeed make us less empathetic and the article, "Is the Internet Killing Technology?," does a great job of explaining it. One of the main points I took out of the article was that technology is interfering with young peoples learning and development of basic empathy skills, such as just maintaining eye contact in a face to face conversation. Another point I thought was interesting was that technology is also making us struggle with the ability to recognize another person's emotions.
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