Is technology making us lonely? (with Dr Colman Noctor)

About this episode

Dr Colman Noctor discusses the dangers of becoming a contactless society and the importance of real social interaction.

Are we in danger of becoming a contactless society? That’s the concern of psychotherapist Dr Colman Noctor, who joined Elaine to explain why we need to push ourselves beyond the isolated safety of socialising through screens and flex our social muscles in order to really grow as people. *** Good things we recommend *** >> Colman’s TEDx talk >> Digital Intentionality Score   >> The Irish Hedgehog Survey >> Invasives.ie   >> IFI’s Ghost in the Machine screening *** More from us *** Kelly’s Substack: kellysrubbish.substack.com   FTS blog: for-techs-sake.ghost.io   FTS TikTok: fortechssakepod   FTS Instagram: fortechssakepod   FTS Bluesky: fortechssakepod.bsky.social   FTS UpScrolled: fortechssakepod   Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

People in this episode

Hosts: Elaine Burke, Kelly Earley

Guest: Dr Colman Noctor

Topics covered

• loneliness
• technology
• social interaction
• mental health
• digital communication

Keywords

• loneliness
• technology
• socializing
• mental health
• digital interaction
• psychotherapy
• TEDx talk

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Kelly’s Substack, FTS blog, FTS TikTok, FTS Instagram, FTS Bluesky, FTS UpScrolled

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