High Resolution with Dr. Jacqueline Nesi

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Jacqueline Nesi, PhD, authors the popular newsletter Techno Sapiens, where she dissects our relationship with technology, how psychology research responds to tech advancements, and how they shift the conversation between parents and children. She is also an Assistant Professor at Brown University, and, as she shares in her newsletter, her path was defined by her experience as a young parent.

I was eager to speak with Dr. Nesi and get her take on what I hear from artists, and what I see happening in studio spaces and in the classroom: explorations of complex relationships with technology and its impact on mental health, generational gaps, and, specifically, the ascendance of AI and the concerns, anxieties—and hopes—this technology delivers to the world.

I got to hear from her about using a dumbphone, what happens when chatbots replace real social friction, how to discuss AI use with your kids, and what we might be getting wrong in how we treat technology. According to Dr. Nesi, we still have much to be optimistic about.

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