Episode 777 • • 2:35:17 - 2:42:52
777: Pop-Up Terrorism
Trypophobia and the Loss of Empathy via Smartphones
The concept of "trypophobia"—the fear of small holes—is introduced as a modern millennial phenomenon. This leads into a discussion of MIT professor Sherry Turkle's research on how smartphones are eroding human empathy and deteriorating the quality of face-to-face conversation, even when the devices are silent and face-down on a table.