THE SILENCE OF THE SCREEN OUR GENERATION NEEDS FRIENDS NOT JUST FOLLOWERS Our generation is the first to grow up completely surrounded by screens and the internet . We can connect with anyone and have many " followers " online , but a quiet problem is getting worse : many of us feel lonely , stressed , and sad . The more we look at our screens , the more disconnected we feel from real life and the people right next to us . This problem is not small . This paper explains why we need to...