It astonishes me how technology has progressed to the point where we don't have to see anyone anymore, your never in the same room with people anymore. It seems as though that there is technological substitute for everything nowadays. To go a party you can just go on a site called www.livestream.com where you can chat with people you've never met(which you do when you go to parties) and then also watch people put on a show (mostly dj's showing off there skills), and listen to music. If you feel like talking face to face with people without even leaving your couch you can go to a site called www.tinychat.com where you can show yourself on your webcam and others do the same, there is also skype! Honestly we do not need to go anywhere anymore. If you want to date you go join eharmony and let a website and probably match up with some random other lonely, lazy person that didn't want to go out. Literally everything is based around your computer. Want food = order online, want to shop = shop online!, want to interact with people = facebook, twitter, MSN, skype, tinychat, want to be entertained = youtube!!! There is no reason to go outside anymore or even be face to face with someone and that is just amazingly sad. Yes there are upsides to being online instead of in person because you can edit everything to your liking but if you really think about it then does anyone know anyone anymore then? It is so much easier to be lied to cyberly, case and point wikipedia!
I'm glad to see you tackling big ideas and asking big questions in your posts--it's exactly the type of thing you should be doing. But to avoid this blog being just an outlet for random musings, try to find cultural artifacts--art works, news events, entertainments--that inspire these discussions and connect them to what you're talking about.
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