Life Examined

Technology’s impact on human relationships

Hosted by Jonathan Bastian Aug. 29, 2020 Health & Wellness

How is technology shaping human relationships? Photo by Pixabay.

For millennia, machines and innovation have transformed our society including our most intimate relationships with one another. The plow, washing machine, chatbots and Artificial Intelligence have shaped relationships in the past and continue to impact how we interact with each other today and into the future. Will new advances in technology diminish the need for human to human interaction?

From this Episode:

How technology enabled women’s rights, and changed the institution of marriage

Innovation has driven social change for centuries; the wheel, the steam engine, and the printing press all ushered consequential changes for human civilization.

28 min

In a pandemic of loneliness, people talk to chatbots

In April at the height of the pandemic about half a million people downloaded an app designed to provide digital companionship.

53 min

Credits

Host:

Jonathan Bastian

Producer:

Andrea Brody