We all know that sitting for hours of screen time is bad, but can we fix it?

I think a lot of us don't realize how much pain we live in because of our interactions with computing.

Ultimately, it's a culture change.

NPR's Body Electric, a special interactive series investigating the relationship between our

tech and our bodies.

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I was having lunch with some friends and my friend was joking around he, do you know what smising is?

Smising is like smiling with your eyes.

Not with your mouth, just move your eyes back, and the idea is to express a smile only with your eyes and you have to stare

daggers at somebody while you do it.

It was fun, it was hilarious and we're goofing around with this and one of the friends comes

back to the table he said what are you

guys doing I said okay look at me and I stared at him and I just you know do it

you kind of just don't move the rest of your face and you let your eyes do the talking as I'm making

eye contact with him.

I melted this guy.

He turned purple and started to giggle and he recoiled.

And that's the power of eye contact right there that's

connectivity right there that is human connection. Now scientists haven't

studied smising yet but research does show that human connection is the key to happiness.

On each episode of our show, we have a guest try out of practice designed to boost happiness,

resilience, kindness, or connection.

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