The Internet - Isolating or Connecting People?

[Carolus Rex]

- You interact with people from all over the world in a way not possible before?

- You get new friends, pick up new ideas and broaden your horizons?

- Things you pick up on the Internet make you question yourself and your beliefs, and make you enter new areas of interest you would never have come across otherwise?

- You ignore your "real" life and friends, or maybe even worse, your sweetheart?

- You read less, take less interest in current events and, in a sense, become more ignorant?

- You say no to social events so that you can stay hours and hours in front of a monitor chatting or posting to strangers?

The Internet - Isolating or Connecting People?

Carolus

[Az]

isolating. The real world is the only thing that matters.

That's why poly meets are so important.

[Kuciwalker]

- You ignore your "real" life and friends, or maybe even worse, your sweetheart?

What is this thing, "real", that people keep talking about?

- You read less, take less interest in current events and, in a sense, become more ignorant?

In OT we have a great interest in current events, as long as they involve Iraq

[Solly]

London. 8th August.

Thank you.

[Pekka]

there is no spoon.

[Kuciwalker]

Correction: A spoon, there is not.

[Pekka]

skywalker, can I make out with your sister?

[Kuciwalker]

I would say sure, why not, but she exists solely on the TV.

[Pekka]

That's a date then. What channel is she on?

Ok, now really I'm gone.. BBQ!

[Kuciwalker]

You can get her on VHS cassette or DVD

[Eli]

Re: The Internet - Isolating or Connecting People?

Originally posted by Carolus Rex
- You read less, take less interest in current events and, in a sense, become more ignorant?

Really? I dont see how that follows from the use of the internet.

- You say no to social events so that you can stay hours and hours in front of a monitor chatting or posting to strangers?

Well, isnt that the same social event but in a different form?

[JohnT]

Connecting.

[*End Is Forever*]

Has anything amusing ever happened to you in connection with a spoon?

[Space05us]

I think it isolates but connects people at the same time. I would say that the world immeadietly around me would be far better if the internet didnt exist, however I would know far less if.

[Immortal Wombat]

Re: The Internet - Isolating or Connecting People?

- You interact with people from all over the world in a way not possible before?

Yes

- You get new friends, pick up new ideas and broaden your horizons?

Yes

- Things you pick up on the Internet make you question yourself and your beliefs, and make you enter new areas of interest you would never have come across otherwise?

Yes

- You ignore your "real" life and friends, or maybe even worse, your sweetheart?

No. I prioritise

- You read less, take less interest in current events and, in a sense, become more ignorant?

Reverse in fact. Easier access to news services and information online. Reading is fro away-from-PC time.

- You say no to social events so that you can stay hours and hours in front of a monitor chatting or posting to strangers?

Never done this. Yet.

Connecting, for the most part. I think the decline into emotional isolation is (or will be) a real issue though, since online-contact is fleeting and largely meaningless. People will get more and more dependant on online unfulfilling online contact, and need more and more to get the satisfaction of "real life", and it could become a problem for vulnerable individuals. But this will hopefully stay a very small minority.