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Life in the "digital now"

Abha Dawesar · TED

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About

One year ago, Abha Dawesar was living in blacked-out Manhattan post-Sandy, scrounging for power to connect. As a novelist, she was struck by this metaphor: Have our lives now become fixated on the drive to digitally connect, while we miss out on what's real?

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Institution
TED
Department
TEDGlobal 2013
Speaker
Abha Dawesar
Year
2013
Level
For everyone
Language
English
Subjects
Society and politics
Source
TED
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