What If: Our Virtual Life Overtakes Our Physical Reality?

June 26, 2016
14:00–15:00 (Asia/Shanghai time zone)

About this session

The advent of virtual and augmented reality is igniting hopes and fears about the impact of digital technology on empathy and self-reflection. What if schools, workplaces and daily social interactions are primarily virtual? Explore the possible, plausible and probable impacts of the digitization of human experience. This session was developed in partnership with TIME. Simultaneous...
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