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What's lost when we photograph life instead of experiencing it?

  • Written by Rebecca Macmillan, Ph.D. Candidate in English, University of Texas at Austin
imageWith our attention diverted, we're no longer in the moment.'Concert' via www.shutterstock.com

At a conference on June 14, Facebook executive Nicola Mendelsohn predicted that the social networking site would be “all video” within five years.

“We’re seeing a year-on-year decline of text,” she said. “If I was having...

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