My friends talk a lot these days about how to spend more time with others in person. We sincerely wish we could be more present with the people we care about most. And we all acknowledge that our screens get in the way. We want to be personally attentive, but battle the incessant magnetism of our phones.
In Alone Together, Sherry Turkle explains that we’re inclined to prefer digital screens to conversing in person—we’d rather text than talk. We might rather text a person than talk with them face-to-face, especially when we anticipate a difficult conversation. Or we find ourselves texting someone else rather than talking to the person right in front of us, “Wait, I need to send this text.” The trouble is, we tend to interact with our phones impulsively, without ever making a decision. But sometimes we even do it on purpose.
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