Stephen Snow wrote: > Access to information is essential to health -- planting information, weather > information, straight-up health information (115 million people use the web > in the US to get health information, according to Pew). In addition, most > physical ailments (as shown in visits to primary care clinics) do not have an > organic basis but have an emotional base -- making human connections and > relationships vitally important as an aspect of human health. > > --Steve Snow > Human connections and relationships should not be confused with technology offering a replacement; people have yet to figure out how to transmit a hug.
That said, I have met people within Second Life who are quite happy that they can do some of the things that they can. That said, it is a poor replacement for human contact and interaction and will continue to be until somehow we reinvent our own world. Technology is a crutch, not a replacement - it can help with healing, yes, but if improperly used can create further complications. At the end of the day, people are people. Machines and technology only go so far - and, if we think it through, they should only go so far in most cases. If we must have a heaven of technology, let us not forget that heaven comes with hell. -- Taran Rampersad Presently in: San Fernando, Trinidad [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.knowprose.com http://www.your2ndplace.com Pictures: http://www.flickr.com/photos/knowprose/ "Criticize by creating." — Michelangelo "The present is theirs; the future, for which I really worked, is mine." - Nikola Tesla _______________________________________________ DIGITALDIVIDE mailing list [email protected] http://digitaldivide.net/mailman/listinfo/digitaldivide To unsubscribe, send a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the word UNSUBSCRIBE in the body of the message.
