Zócalo Public SquareHelp, I’m Addicted to ‘Candy Crush Saga’! – Zócalo Public Square https://legacy.zocalopublicsquare.org Ideas Journalism With a Head and a Heart Mon, 21 Oct 2024 07:01:54 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 Help, I’m Addicted to ‘Candy Crush Saga’! https://legacy.zocalopublicsquare.org/2014/05/09/help-im-addicted-to-candy-crush-saga/ideas/up-for-discussion/ https://legacy.zocalopublicsquare.org/2014/05/09/help-im-addicted-to-candy-crush-saga/ideas/up-for-discussion/#respond Fri, 09 May 2014 07:01:54 +0000 Zocalo https://legacy.zocalopublicsquare.org/?p=53662 The Internet has become a part of much of our daily lives—we can pay bills through online banking, comment on a friend’s vacation picture on Facebook, look at Google Maps’ street view pictures of the zócalo in Mexico City, read a news story from an outlet thousands of miles away from our hometowns about the kidnapped Nigerian school girls, and even join in the social media campaign by tweeting #BringBackOurGirls. There’s no doubt our world is more connected—but what kinds of connections are we making with other people in this more connected world? And how can we make these connections deeper, more enlightening, and more cosmopolitan than they are right now? These are key questions Ethan Zuckerman explores in Rewire, the winner of this year’s Zócalo’s book prize. On the occasion of Zuckerman’s visit to Zócalo, we asked experts to consider: What do we need to do to help the Internet connect us to others in a more meaningful way?

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]]> The Internet has become a part of much of our daily lives—we can pay bills through online banking, comment on a friend’s vacation picture on Facebook, look at Google Maps’ street view pictures of the zócalo in Mexico City, read a news story from an outlet thousands of miles away from our hometowns about the kidnapped Nigerian school girls, and even join in the social media campaign by tweeting #BringBackOurGirls. There’s no doubt our world is more connected—but what kinds of connections are we making with other people in this more connected world? And how can we make these connections deeper, more enlightening, and more cosmopolitan than they are right now? These are key questions Ethan Zuckerman explores in Rewire, the winner of this year’s Zócalo’s book prize. On the occasion of Zuckerman’s visit to Zócalo, we asked experts to consider: What do we need to do to help the Internet connect us to others in a more meaningful way?

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