Thinking Aloud

Let's set aside phones to reclaim conversation

Technology helps us connect with those afar but can distance us from those close by

The writer says it's too bad the pandemic has done little to lessen our addiction to that other great interrupter of conversation - mobile phones. PHOTO: ST FILE
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I thank the pandemic for putting an end to buffets as we knew them.

I mean no offence to restaurants which specialise in all-you-can-eat spreads, but mealtimes are not just about food, they are also about conversation.

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