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Gary Turk's Viral Film
- Gary Turk created a viral short film called "Look Up" to show how phones prevent real connections.
- The man in the film misses a romantic opportunity by looking at his phone instead of talking.
Control Drives Texting Preference
- We choose texting because it offers control over responses and lets us edit messages.
- Talking live requires immediacy and vulnerability that texting avoids.
Texting Changes Human Interaction
- Texting is very useful and widespread but it may diminish something deeply human.
- We now curate our interactions differently than in the landline phone era.