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SCOUT· 69%34m·2026-07-07·Technology
SCOUT· 69%34m·2026-07-07·TechnologyThe life-changing magic of touching stuff
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We have all become desensitized. Every place is like every other place, every experience is happening at a remove and on a screen. And Ian Bogost, a Washington University professor and a writer at The Atlantic, argues that this "dematerialization" is making our life worse. Ian joins David to explain how to once again…
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