electronically connected

Europe is electronically connected to North America by more than a dozen cables.

"Most every pump we have out there is electronically connected to something that can be disrupted," Kelly said.

“Isolation can increase the desire to stay electronically connected even more,” said Lisa Medalie, a behavioral sleep medicine specialist at the University of Chicago, who adds that it’s vital to keep disciplined, which helps minimize distractions and regain control.

“What we’ve got is a situation where we’re supposed to physically isolate, but we’re socially, electronically connected in dramatically new ways,” says Daniel F. Chambliss, a sociologist at Hamilton College in upstate New York.

Our electronically connected world is tearing us apart, a roiling disposition unfolding daily amid vast, invisible data streams mined on the internet.