Digital Smarts - Is the Pandemic Causing Us to Lose Our Social Skills?

Psychologists and neuroscientists are concerned there will be lasting effects from the social isolation of the shutdown, particularly an atrophy of social skills, similar to what happens to hermits or prisoners. "The signs are everywhere: people oversharing on Zoom, overreacting or misconstruing one another's behavior, longing for but then not really enjoying contact with others," writes Kate Murphy in an article entitled “We’re All Socially Awkward Now.”