quitting social networks and not answering email — has become a status symbol. All of this has led to a curious new reality: Human contact is becoming a luxury good. As more screens appear in ...

On the day I announced to the Facebook/Twitter/MySpace "digi-topia" that I was leaving for at least a year I asked people to send me their contact information ... or a status symbol—being ...

In the midst of all this, the phone call has become a status symbol of sorts ... meaning the need for human contact isn't going away. He's talking to his clients about introducing premium chatbots ...