The Threshold Generation: The Last to Understand Real vs Virtual | Karen Sobel-Lojeski | TEDxSBU

Smart digital technology is changing everything about the way we live, work and raise our children. We are the last generation on earth who will readily know the difference between real and virtual things. We must act in a thoughtful and deliberate way to understand what it is about our human nature that we need to preserve and what about us can we dare to do without. Her research focuses on​ how technology impacts human relationships. Some of the topics she studies include how technology affects education and learning, business performance, child development, emotional well-being and more. Her award-winning Virtual Distance Model has been adopted by thousands of people across organizations worldwide. She is the author of two books, and Uniting the Virtual Workforce: Transforming Leadership and Innovation in the Globally Integrated Enterprise and Leading the Virtual Workforce: How Great Leaders Transform Organizations in the 21st Century. Based on her ground-breaking research, she is currently working on her third book about mobile smart technology’s influence on society for the mass market. This talk was given at a TEDx event using the TED conference format but independently organized by a local community. Learn more at http://ted.com/tedx