When you’re online, you meet all kinds of people. You play games with them, you LOL at their jokes, or care-emoji-hug them when they’re feeling especially sad-emoji. But within the broader context of the human past, these are brand-spanking-new ways of interacting with other members of your species. How did communication become so disembodied these days—literally separated from our human bodies? In this episode, we explore different ways that people have connected to one another over time, and investigate the historical roots of today's long-distance communication. In the process, we learn how our current ways of interacting with one another are simultaneously connected and disconnected from those who preceded us.
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