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Why we can’t stop staring at our own faces online
The rise in video calls has birthed a whole new set of problems for tech companies – and us.
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The speed with which we have folded video meetings into our lives is remarkable.
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Elaine Moore
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If you still find it hard not to stare at yourself when you’re on a video call, then you are not alone.
Nor should you worry that this betrays a distressing level of narcissism. The author Nancy Mitford once observed that people who look at themselves in every reflection often do so not from vanity but a feeling that all is not quite as it should be.
