Developing people skills in a world of artificial fulfillment
Mark Kagi
2024 marks the 20th anniversary since the emergence of Facebook, a social network that promised to interconnect us with friends, family, and even new people. It failed.
With teens now spending, on average, five hours per day using social media, the time-tested process of forming bonds in school and learning social norms through trial and error has diminished as screen time continues to replace face-to-face interaction.
While some social lessons can still be learned by simply ambling the hallways of our adolescent melting pots, to unlock a fuller social maturity in the age of smartphones, students need a diverse portfolio of real-life experiences.
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