The Innovation of Loneliness from Shimi Cohen on Vimeo.
Yes, I posted The Innovation of Loneliness in Reclaiming Conversations (9/12/2013) when considering some of the work of Sherry Turkle and offering Transformative Conversations as a resource. But the recent attention given to Saving the Lost Art of Conversation: In a fast-paced digital age, an MIT psychologist tries to slow us down (Megan Garber. The Atlantic. 12/22/2013), an extensive amount of time on-line in the midst of the holidays[1], a lengthy conversation with one of my teenage daughters about the influence of technology, and the encounter of meeting John Hundley (ESN blogger) in person when at InterVarsity Staff Conference 2014[2] leads me to once again offer this piece for your reflection as we (individually and as a network) prayerfully seek direction in the new year. More in the notes and in future posts, but feel free to get things moving by sharing comments below. . . .
John Hundley and Tom Grosh IV enjoy conversation at the Faculty and Emerging Scholars Network Lunch held at InterVarsity Staff Conference 2014. Photo credit: Bob Clark.
Notes
- Including the launch of the updated website for InterVarsity Graduate and Faculty Ministries. If you have not done such, please come and visit :) ↩
- When we connected at the Emerging Scholars Network (ESN) booth, John pointed out how amazing it was to meet in person. For several days I pondered the difference between starting/developing a friendship over Skype, phone, FB Messenger, email, blogging, etc. versus meeting in person and continuing a friendship over various forms of communications technology/social media. As you may guess this pushed me to give a significant amount of time, energy, and attention to truly getting to know some on-line ESN friends (including lots of new ones) while at the conference AND taking next steps in the development of “ESN hubs” on campuses (and in communities). Yes, more on that coming :) If you have the interest in learning more and/or becoming involved, please email me. Thank-you. ↩
Updated: 1/13/2014, 6:36 PM.
