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How tech is used to distance and dehumanise others

As I stood at the back of the queue in a food court recently, I noticed that there were at least a dozen customers standing in line before me. As they walked up to the counter one by one to collect their food, most of them had their eyes glued to their mobile phones, and few of them looked up until they were served.
21 October 2017, 18:00 PM
tech.jpg

How tech is used to distance and dehumanise others

As I stood at the back of the queue in a food court recently, I noticed that there were at least a dozen customers standing in line before me. As they walked up to the counter one by one to collect their food, most of them had their eyes glued to their mobile phones, and few of them looked up until they were served.
21 October 2017, 18:00 PM
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