Technology needs to be kept in perspective · Proposed air date:
A complaint about nonstop texting and games becomes a broader argument about attention. Dr. Dave invokes an old Star Trek episode in which a game absorbs an entire crew, then rejects the easy claim that technology itself is evil: like many powerful tools, it becomes harmful when people lose perspective and use it without restraint.
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Proposed recording date: 2008-08-30. The exact broadcast date may differ.
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