What if someone said to you that using your cell phone is like being in love or like having a religious experience? Over the past two decades, cell phones have changed our everyday lives, sometimes enchanting us and sometimes leaving us lonely. Engaging Narcissus with an eye for screens near and far can help us understand how we love, and come to need our phones.


Lydia York, Ph.D.
Visiting Assistant Professor of Philosophy at William Paterson University
Dr. Lydia York is Visiting Assistant Professor of Philosophy at William Paterson University, where she teaches and researches topics in gender, race, religion, and politics. A native of New Jersey, Lydia trains with the Academy of Clinical and Applied Psychoanalysis in Livingston, NJ after earning a PhD in the Philosophy of Religion at Drew University in 2016. |
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