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OUT OF TOUCH - MICHELLE DROUIN GEBUNDEN

A behavioral scientist explores love  belongingness  and fulfillment  focusing on how modern
technology can both help and hinder our need to connect. A Next Big Idea Club nominee. Millions
of people around the world are not getting the physical  emotional  and intellectual intimacy
they crave. Through the wonders of modern technology  we are connecting with more people more
often than ever before  but are these connections what we long for? Pandemic isolation has made
us even more alone. In Out of Touch  Professor of Psychology Michelle Drouin investigates what
she calls our intimacy famine  exploring love  belongingness  and fulfillment and considering
why relationships carried out on technological platforms may leave us starving for physical
connection. Drouin puts it this way: when most of our interactions are through social media  we
are taking tiny hits of dopamine rather than the huge shots of oxytocin that an intimate
in-person relationship would provide. Drouin explains that intimacy is not just sex-although of
course sex is an important part of intimacy. But how important? Drouin reports on surveys that
millennials (perhaps distracted by constant Tinder-swiping) have less sex than previous
generations. She discusses pandemic puppies  professional cuddlers  the importance of touch 
desire discrepancy in marriage  and the value of friendships. Online dating  she suggests 
might give users too many options  and the internet facilitates infidelity-related behaviors.
Some technological advances will help us develop and maintain intimate relationships-our phones
for example  can be bridges to emotional support. Some  on the other hand  might leave us out
of touch. Drouin explores both of these possibilities.

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