Put Down the Phone, Allow Yourself Some Boredom

4/6/2019; 2 minutes

Sherry Turkle is concerned with how dependence on smartphones affects maturation. Turkle, the Abby Rockefeller Mauzé Professor of the Social Studies of Science and Technology at MIT, advocates for the integration of boredom and solitude in daily life. (#34651)

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