LifeSearch: digital conversations have overtaken face-to-face

The number of face-to-face conversations we have per day has decreased by 15% in the last five years, according to new research from LifeSearch, with Brits attributing this to living alone (20%), working remotely (13%) or ‘having fewer friends' to spend time with (34%). Although for many, modern life means that we live far from family members (32%) or are too busy to spend physical time together (17%), one in seven of us (14%) just feel more comfortable communicating digitally.  But half of people feel that digital communication gets in the way of in-depth conversations, and those who...