In the super-connected world in which we live now, people often lament about the downfall of old-fashioned face-to-face interaction. But according to Jack Dorsey, the co-founder of Twitter and Square, when technology is really done right it should actually allow us to be more human, not less. “I firmly believe that the more understanding we embrace… with technology, we have more empathy,” Dorsey said in an onstage conversation with Om Malik at the GigaOM RoadMap conference held in San Francisco Thursday. Reading Twitter streams that detail the day-to-day habits of our contacts is an example of this, he said. “We can minimize conflict because you have an understanding of where people are coming from.” (via Jack Dorsey: Technology like Twitter makes us more human — Tech News and Analysis)
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In the super-connected world in which we live now, people often lament about the downfall of old-fashioned face-to-face interaction. But according to Jack Dorsey, the co-founder of Twitter and Square, when technology is really done right it should actually allow us to be more human, not less.

“I firmly believe that the more understanding we embrace… with technology, we have more empathy,” Dorsey said in an onstage conversation with Om Malik at the GigaOM RoadMap conference held in San Francisco Thursday. Reading Twitter streams that detail the day-to-day habits of our contacts is an example of this, he said. “We can minimize conflict because you have an understanding of where people are coming from.” (via Jack Dorsey: Technology like Twitter makes us more human — Tech News and Analysis)

Source: gigaom.com