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If you're a loyal listener, welcome back. Today you'll learn about how video calls can add to social anxiety, how new technology is able

to discover the secrets of the Denali Fault, and what goes into designing a new space suit

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Without further ado, let's satisfy some curiosity.

If I were to ask you about video conferencing software, how would you feel?

Interesting question, kind of throws me back a couple of years to the middle of the pandemic, even though we are all

still using things like Zoom today.

I assume you're going to talk about Zoom Doom? I am going to be talking about Zoom Doom. So a new

study has looked at why so many of us feel such dread when it comes to video

conferencing tools like Zoom and if you think about it it's actually kind of a pretty tricky question. We are social beings who tend to find

value in social gatherings and video conferencing apps were designed to bring us together,

especially when we can't get together in real life.

So what makes them such a drag?

Yeah, I never really thought of it that way,

but yeah, even those of us who aren't super outgoing and social should be drawn to

apps and tools that help us connect with people right what did they find?

Well before we get into the results let me set up that study for you.

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