When I spoke at TED in 1996,
reporting on my studies
of the early virtual communities,
I said, "Those who make the most
of their lives on the screen
come to it in a spirit of self-reflection."
And that's what I'm calling for here, now:
reflection and, more than that, a conversation
about where our current use of technology
may be taking us,
what it might be costing us.
We're smitten with technology.
And we're afraid, like young lovers,
that too much talking might spoil the romance.
But it's time to talk.
We grew up with digital technology
and so we see it as all grown up.
But it's not, it's early days.
There's plenty of time
for us to reconsider how we use it,
how we build it.
I'm not suggesting
that we turn away from our devices,
just that we develop a more self-aware relationship
with them, with each other
and with ourselves.
