Name: Why we need strangeness
Uploaded: 2013-05-14T15:00:03Z
Duration: 7 min 46 s
Description: In our digital world, social relations have become mediated by data. Without even realizing it, we're barricading ourselves against strangeness -- people and ideas that don't fit the patterns of who we already know, what we already like and where we've already been. Maria Bezaitis makes a bold call for technology to deliver us to what and who we need, even if it's unfamiliar and strange.

In our digital world, social relations have become mediated by data. Without even realizing it, we're barricading ourselves against strangeness -- people and ideas that don't fit the patterns of who we already know, what we already like and where we've already been. Maria Bezaitis makes a bold call for technology to deliver us to what and who we need, even if it's unfamiliar and strange.

Maria Bezaitis: Why we need strangeness

Why we need strangeness

Weak ties, or connections to strangers, are powerful in spreading information, challenging the homogeny of close networks.

Technologies that disrupt familiarity pave the way for new relationships, urging us to recalibrate closeness and distance.

Exploring 'strangeness' in digital relations reveals how fresh, unfamiliar interactions enrich our social and technological landscapes.