Recent studies found that despite
being more connected than ever, more people feel
more alone than ever. Surprisingly,
young people who are the most prolific social networkers of all.
So as we have built expansive social networks online, the
depth of our networks offline has decreased. Technology makes it easier to stay in touch while
keeping distance. People find themselves feeling distant and never touching, not enough to avoid feeling
increasingly alone.
Human beings crave intimacy. We are wired for it.
Yet genuine intimacy demands vulnerability and vulnerability requires courage. It requires that we lay down the masks we can so easily hide behind online, and reveal all of who we are with others – the good, the bad and the sometimes not so (photo-shopped) pretty.
Digital communication can never replace in person, face-to-face, contact in building relationships- personal and professional.
So Mix and Match.
Just a [digital] thought.