Like it or not, technology and social media are here to stay. But how many of us really know the benefits OR the consequences of having knowledge and communication at our fingertips 24/7?

Poetry
"Like Any Good American" by Brynn Saito
"Look Up" by Gary Turk
"Touchscreen" by Marshall Jones

Fiction
"The Veldt" by Ray Bradbury


Nonfiction
"The Secretive Company That Might End Privacy As We Know It" from the New York Times
"The Best Algorithms Struggle to Recognize Black Faces Equally" from Wired.com
"Leave No Dark Corner" from ABC News
"When Social Media is Really Problematic for Adolescents" from the New York Times
"New report: Most teens say social media makes them feel better, not worse, about themselves" from Washington Post

TED Talks
Juan Enriquez: Your online life, permanent as a tattoo
Adam Ostrow: After your final status update
Alexis Ohanian: How to make a splash in social media
Marco Tempest: The magic of truth and lies (and iPods)
Kaitlyn Sadtler: How we could teach our bodies to heal faster
Lucy McRae: How can technology transform the human body?
Amber Case: We are all cyborgs now
RSA Animate: The Internet in Society

Short Films
"Glued"
"Are we enslaved to technology?"
"The Innovation of Loneliness"
"I Forgot My Phone"