Our shared reality has suffered

Research can pinpoint exactly what is happening in our brains when we connect over screens.

• Connecting with others over video conferencing requires our brains to work harder to accommodate the millisecond delay in sound. 
• At the same time, we have multiple eyes staring at us, sometimes unnaturally sized or too close, which our bodies can see as a threat.
• We’ve lacked the unscripted and unexpected moments of being together in person, like the surprise of bumping into a friend or the spontaneous whiteboarding of a new idea.