Losing Our Touch
The Stone http://opinionator.blogs.nytimes.com/2014/08/30/losing-our-touch/?_php=true&_type=blogs&partner=rss&emc=rss&smid=tw-nytopinion&_r=0 By RICHARD KEARNEY August 30, 2014 11:30 am August 30, 2014 11:30 am 35 Comments campaign: nyt2014_sharetools_mkt_opinion_47K78 -- 249335, creative: nyt2014_sharetools_mktg_opinion_47K78 -- 375123, page: blog.nytimes.com/opinionator/post, targetedPage: blog.nytimes.com/opinionator, position: Are we losing our senses? In our increasingly virtual world, are we losing touch with the sense of touch itself? And if so, so what? I recently had occasion to pose these questions to students in a college class I teach on eros — “from Plato to today.” Not surprisingly, the topic of physical contact and sex came up, and the conversation turned very much to “today.” A number of the students said that they regularly messaged online before having “real contact” with partner...