We'd Rather Text than Talk

Our current cultural moment makes rich, life-giving friendships like the one David and Jonathan shared a challenge. We are connected like never before, yet isolated and lonely like never before. MIT professor Sherry Turkle sets forth this point in her book Alone Together: Why We Expect More from Technology and Less From Each Other. She puts words to what many of us feel: 

Technology is seductive when what it offers meets our human…