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How Are Our Screens Changing Us Now? Host Guy Raz raises the curtain on a special two-part TED Radio Hour episode, exploring an uneasy moment in our evolution when we are becoming more and more dependent on our screens.

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How Are Our Screens Changing Us Now?

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How Are Our Screens Changing Us Now?

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"Sometimes we spend more time imagining how our screens will change the future than really understanding how our screens are changing us right now." — Guy Raz
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&quot;Sometimes we spend more time imagining how our screens will change the future than really understanding how our screens are changing us right now.&quot; — Guy Raz
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