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Tweet Beat

Tweet Beat: 10/2/18

By Riley Waldman
October 02, 2018 12:00 AM
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Life

7 tips for a smooth marriage proposal

By Dru Laws
May 25, 2016 12:00 AM
Breezy and Caleb Ward celebrate their new engagement in Disneyland. (Breezy Ward)
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Readers' Forum

On technology, engagements and the necessity of selfies

By Universe Contributor
February 04, 2014 12:00 AM
A couple who I am acquainted with recently got engaged, and a video of the proposal was uploaded to Facebook. It was blurry, it was far away, and you couldn't hear a single thing except for the heavy breathing and stifled fits of happy laughter from the person behind the camera. The existence of this video prompted me to dwell on the irony of our excess use of technology: we've come to believe we must record everything in our lives with these tools, but do we really need to? Is our obsession with preserving moments and images interfering with truly experiencing life ourselves? And how much of our drive to document is for nostalgia's sake and how much of it comes from our desire to share it online to see how much attention it gets?
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