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Modern technology is everywhere, often in various forms of screen time. That makes it a popular scapegoat for the increasing, collective loss of our human connection to the natural world. It’s not just that time spent using technology has replaced time in nature, it’s also that for many nature is farther away: Over half the world’s population now lives in urban settings, a figure that rises to around 80% in high-income regions such as North America, Japan and Western Europe.
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