Lie: Passively looking at human images is harmless.
Truth: Passively looking at human images reduces our ability to relate to people.
Until the early 1800s the only images of the human face and form were reflections from reflective surfaces and portrait artwork. But George Eastman’s invention of roll film triggered a landslide that continues to build, even today.
It’s estimated here in 2018, that the average person in the western world sees hundreds, if not thousands of images every day, many of which are, or contain, images of human faces and bodies.[1] Since the advent of the Internet . . .