Living online: I'll have to ask my friends 16 September 2006, NewScientist.com news serviceLiz ElseSherry Turkle
This is defiantly a though provoking article. I was just thinking yesterday, as I was home sick and isolated, that I really don't have as much time to think as I use to. Reflection is a key part of life. We should have our own feelings and options that are formed in our own minds. I don't know if technology is the main culprit, but it has contributed to the problem of a fast paced life. People have always sought the opinions of others and by nature people are followers looking for direction. Technology has changed how we relate. I think that what we do have less of today is time. We have less time to ourselves and less time with others. Technology gives the allusion of interconnectedness with others. Parents feel better about their lack of quality time with their children knowing that they carry a cell phone with them at all times. The question really is what impact this reality will have on our lives. We will be isolated and less known by others. We try to make up for this by pouring our too much information over the web, or to a stranger. But are we really known, and do we really know those around us?
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