Don't think that I confuse the two; I don't. For many people, electronic connections are very important aspects of their lives in positive ways and, because of that, they are healing. I think it is oversimplifying to call it merely a crutch. The truth is *anything* can be considered a crutch and anything improperly used can create further complications. A doctor friend of mine told me just last evening of a human error she made that cost a person her life; has she put that woman on an ultrasound machine, she very well might not be dying of cancer right now. I don't think of the world in such starkly dualistic terms, generally, Taran -- heaven/hell, right/wrong. Certainly there are moral absolutes (we all have our favorites) and the blind affection for technology is no exception, but I tend to think we live in the world of 'gray,' mostly, technology included.
Steve Snow On 8/6/08 6:17 PM, "Taran Rampersad" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Stephen Snow wrote: > <stuff snipped> -- 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, _______________________________________________ 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.
