I don’t know about my readers, but I spend a good 10 hours a day on my computer, and a good part of the balance on my Crackberry. I posit that the social web evolved as a result of our need for human interaction combined with our work keeping us tied to our computers. We can’t interact physically as much as we would like to, so we find outlets online to live them digitally. And yet, by living “digitally,” at least as far as I’m concerned, I feel that I’ve made so many more connections with people, had so many more interactions, than would ever be possible without the social web. The web is becoming more human. Humans are becoming more digital.
How far will it go? Will there come a time when the line is no longer visible? When our digital and physical lives are indistinguishable? What kind of impact will that have on us as individuals and on society as a whole? I’m not taking a stance on this, but would love to hear what you think.
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