In Reply to: yeah, just as bad as millions dying of aids posted by Analog Scott on October 17, 2010 at 18:26:59:
Online social media is a relatively new phenomenon, so you should take an honest look at its sociological effects instead of just assuming it's the same as rock compared to jazz or Tarzan compared to Sherlock Holmes. We have a generation growing up unable to deal with each other face to face. They think reality is in a virtual world instead of in the real world. So now we have dates where people read from each other's online profiles instead of getting to know the other person. Meetings where people multitask on their handhelds instead of solve problems. The productivity lost and psychological effects will be hard to measure. And this site is not the problem, unless you think it's a gateway drug to others
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- millions are dying intellectually by focusing on their online persona - Jazz Inmate 20:12:52 10/17/10 (5)
- RE: millions are dying intellectually by focusing on their online persona - Analog Scott 20:53:21 10/17/10 (4)
- "If ever there was something that would make me think there is a lack of social skills due to internet" - Jazz Inmate 22:44:43 10/17/10 (3)
- Jazz, this is like trying to talk sense into a heroine addict - Victor Khomenko 10:44:23 10/18/10 (1)
- You're right...we have a law here in California too, regarding the mobile devices - Jazz Inmate 12:40:24 10/18/10 (0)
- "Errrrr...have ya LOOKED at Facebook? Evidently not." - Analog Scott 07:42:45 10/18/10 (0)