The Impact of Digital Documentation on Childhood Identity

Sean Illing talks with writer and New York Times Book Review editor Pamela Paul about her book 100 Things We've Lost to the Internet and the ways, big and small, that the internet has changed our lives. They talk about the complicated relationship between change, innovation and loss, and how to understand who we are and who we've become in a world where we're never truly offline.

Host: Sean Illing (@seanilling), Interviews Writer, Vox

Guest: Pamela Paul (@PamelaPaulNYT), author and editor

References: 

• 100 Things We've Lost to the Internet by Pamela Paul (Penguin Random House; 2021)
• Pornified: How Pornography Is Damaging Our Lives, Our Relationships, and Our Families by Pamela Paul (St. Martin's Griffin; 2006)
• "Let Children Get Bored Again" by Pamela Paul (New York Times; Feb. 2, 2019)
• "For Teen Girls, Instagram Is a Cesspool" by Lindsay Crouse (New York Times; Oct. 8)
• "The Moral Panic Engulfing Instagram" by Farhad Manjoo (New York Times; Oct. 13)

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This episode was made by: 

• Producer: Erikk Geannikis
• Editor: Amy Drozdowska
• Engineer: Paul Robert Mounsey
• Deputy Editorial Director, Vox Talk: Amber Hall

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