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TECHNOLOGY AND NATURE … FRIENDS OR FOES?

IS interacting with technology that mimics nature the same as actually spending time in nature? Do we have the same experience watching an avalanche in an IMAX cinema as we do actually witnessing massive amounts of snow sliding down the side of a mountain?

According to University of Washington psychology professor, Peter Kahn, it is the same. And it isn’t. Much of Kahn’s work is around the intersection of two modern-day phenomena: the destruction of nature and the growth of digital technologies. Does the latter cause the former? Or do new tools and solutions hold the key to

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