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The Desensitized Digital Age | Salt Lake City News
A disturbing new reality: constant exposure to extreme online content is numbing our empathy. A celebrity’s graphic, unedited live stream of distress went viral—viewers were disturbed yet strangely desensitized. This isn’t an accident—it’s the result of 24/7 digital drama replacing traditional media, where trauma is now algorithmically fed to us like entertainment. The cost? We’re losing our capacity for compassion, dehumanizing suffering and eroding dignity. Platforms failed to stop it, and algorithms amplified it. The real danger? Younger audiences are especially vulnerable. We must demand…
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