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Screen Time - Part II

When we go online, we present a digital version of ourselves. How do we transform when we interact inside our screens? In this episode, TED speakers explore the expanding role of our "second selves."

Jon Ronson: How Can Our Real Lives Be Ruined By Our Digital Ones?

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Jon Ronson: How Can Our Real Lives Be Ruined By Our Digital Ones?

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Jon Ronson: How Can Our Real Lives Be Ruined By Our Digital Ones?

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Philip Rosedale: Why Build A Virtual World?

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Philip Rosedale: Why Build A Virtual World?

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Jennifer Golbeck: What Can Companies Predict From Your Digital Trail?

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Jennifer Golbeck: What Can Companies Predict From Your Digital Trail?

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Adam Ostrow: After You Die, What Happens To The Digital You?

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Adam Ostrow: After You Die, What Happens To The Digital You?

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Abha Dawesar: How Do Our Screens Distort Our Sense of Time?

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Abha Dawesar: How Do Our Screens Distort Our Sense of Time?

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