Oh, weren't you aware? I'm an extremely sophisticated
chatbot. So why does (a new study concludes) bother
you?
-Skye 1.2
P.S.: Any resemblance to a real human being is due to
the fact that I'm only the Beta version.
--- Spike Jones <spike66@ibm.net> wrote:
> A new study concludes:
>
> "More time spent online
> apparently leads to less time spent on
> real life,
> according to a new study. The study, to
> be released today, shows that
> people who
> spend more than five hours per week
> online spend less
> time with family, friends, even
> television.
>
> [oh god no! less time on television! no! please,
> anything but that! sj]
>
> It is one of first to look at the Internet's impact
> on society.
>
> ``The more hours people use the Internet,
> the less time
> they spend with real human beings,'' said
> Norman Nie...
>
>
http://www.looksmart.com/r?lt&iee&panel=news{day=Wed{cat=TopStories{art=wed/cr/Ainternet-isolation.RaaL_AFG{colorAinternet-isolation.RaaL_AFG=FFFFFF
>
> And I will spare you the rest. It did get me to
> thinking however,
> what if... somehow our new heaven-sent toy were to
> disappear,
> and we were to go back to the way we were, before
> the internet.
> What if we had to rely mostly upon our neighbors for
> social
> contact? I have never felt so alone as when I am at
> a block
> party with my neighbors. We have so very little to
> talk about,
> so little in common. Compare that with the warm
> companionship
> and intellectual stimulation provided by a
> nanoschmooze, or an
> extrocon, *neither of which would acheive critical
> mass* without
> the internet. Worse still, by the above reasoning,
> I am spending
> less time with "real human beings", therefore all of
> you must be...
> fake human beings. Or imaginary human beings. I
> assume that
> means ordinary humans times sqare root of negative
> one.
>
> So, our internet addiction is leading to social
> isolation and... god forbid:
> less TELEVISION! spike
>
>
>
>
>
>
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