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POSTPONED: Think & Drink: Is Technology Making Us Miserable?
*Due to precautions related to COVID-19, Humanities Washington has postponed this event. Were sorry for any inconvenience. We will reschedule the event and announce those details as soon as we are able.*
Think & Drink events are hosted conversations at pubs and tasting rooms on provocative topics and new ideas.
We are living through the largest psychological experiment in history. For often hours each day, billions of us bury ourselves in devices designed to manipulate our emotions and attention. Changing the human mind to be more compulsive and addicted is simply good business for many tech companies, but it may be having a profound effect on our mental health. Have Smartphones Destroyed a Generation? asked a cover story in The Atlantic, citing skyrocketing rates of anxiety, depression, and suicide among young smartphone users.
And yet what does the research really say about how tech use affects our happiness? Is the modern techlash too pessimistic? Is tech just the latest punching bag for age-old issues like addiction and depression? How are smartphones changing the way we focus, socialize, and experience emotion? Can phones actually help us lead happier, more meaningful lives? Join us as we discuss the ways the little devices in our pockets are having a big effect on our minds.
Featuring University of Washington professors at the iSchool, David Levy. In partnership with the iSchool at the University of Washington and McMenamins Elks Temple.
Founded in 1973, Humanities Washington is the state's flagship non-profit for public humanities programming and an affiliate of the National Endowment for the Humanities.
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LocationMcMenamin's Elks Temple (View)
565 Broadway
Tacoma, WA 98402
United States
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