Tech and Boundaries: Parenting in the Digital Era
The Shadow of Technology
I hope you enjoy the podcast from January 2017, when I visited Dr. Viado on her weekly show.
The topic of discussion was the Shadow of Technology
What you’ll hear in this episode:
- How Dr. Beier was drawn into his work with technology and why its meaningful to him
- People blocking out the things they don’t want to look at
- The role of and challenges to Self in an online world
- Becoming distant from the natural world
- How overuse of Facebook can lead to depression and anxiety
- Exclusion of other parts of life for an online presence
- The adolescent parade in the media
- The online staging of one’s self
- The disruptive effects technology has on our human interactions
- Narcissism, particularly on social media
- What are persona and individuation?
- Neurotic suffering and what that can look like
- Consequences of binge watching and excessive gaming
- The emphasis on the external and how it’s a hindrance to internal work
- The various definitions of psyche