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"  The year is 2016 and our dependence on digital technology\u00A0is driving us apart. One widely reported 2014 study found that 75% of women feel\u00A0technology\u00A0is\u00A0ruining their relationship. Since then we&amp;#039;ve had\u00A0Snapchat filters\u00A0so the picture likely isn&amp;#039;t any better, even if it does\u00A0have\u00A0dog ears on it. What may\u00A0surprise you is that anxieties about the effect technology has on our relationships were documented as long as 100 years ago.\u00A0British magazine\u00A0Punch\u00A0printed a cartoon fearfully predicting\u00A0what our fixation with the (then shiny and exciting) telephone might do to our love lives. The Public Domain Review republished the picture this week under the heading, &amp;#039;A Vision of Isolating Technology from 1906&amp;#039;.\u00A0 They\u00A0commented that if you\u00A0&amp;quot;replace these &amp;#039;wireless telegraphs&amp;quot; with smartphones, update the dress a little, and this vision from a 1906 issue of\u00A0Punch\u00A0magazine could easily be for 110 years in the future.&amp;quot; The PDR\u00A0continued to explain the link\u00A0between\u00A0the image caption and our bleak\u00A0tech-obsessed modern lives:\u00A0&amp;quot;The caption reads: &amp;#039;These two figures are not communicating with one another. The lady receives an amatory message, and the gentleman some racing results&amp;#039;.\u00A0It&amp;#039;s a reminder that the idea of technology leading to a breakdown in &amp;#039;authentic&amp;#039;\u00A0human interaction is a worry not solely limited to our age.&amp;quot;\u00A0 So relax: our technology neurosis are probably\u00A0playing out just as planned, and everything will be OK. "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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