This is a must-watch TED presentation. It started with our automatic garage door openers that kept us from connecting with our neighbors...
Here are a few excerpts:
"How many people are telling you "I would rather text than talk"?
When Turkle asked people "What's wrong with having a conversation?", the answer was "I'll tell what's wrong with having a conversation! It takes place in real time, and you can't control what you're gonna say"...
"Texting, email, posting, all of these things let us present the self as we want to be".
"Human relationships are rich, and they're messy, and they're demanding. And we clean them up with technology... over time we seem to stop caring...".