We can debate the issue of whether people are spending less time "face to face," and what that might mean. It is harder to argue about the subjectively perceived value. People do think they are more connected.
Sunday, October 24, 2010
Thanks To Social Networks, Americans Feel More Connected to People
Gary Kim has been a digital infra analyst and journalist for more than 30 years, covering the business impact of technology, pre- and post-internet. He sees a similar evolution coming with AI. General-purpose technologies do not come along very often, but when they do, they change life, economies and industries.
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Feel more connected? It's interesting isn't it.
We each exist as monolithic consciousness and social networking is a manifestation of our human desire to overcome this, in the same way that religion is our attempt to 'communicate with the weather'.
“billions of consciousnesses silt history full, and every one of them the center of the universe"
- John Updike
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