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I thought it was an interesting read because for me it was about technology and how it changes us. While I totally am immersed in technology and a bit of the gadget guy, I can appreciate both sides of the coin. I do believe technology improves our lives but each turn of the screw is another step away from our connectedness with other people. IM, email and forums in one way can bring people from around the world together. While at the same time separate us from those across the street or in another office or cube in the work place. Of course the same can be said of the telephone or even snail mail. Technology masks who we are and that was the import of the article. Maybe a small thing to say I am now unable to measure a person by their bookcase or discover an author by noticing a book someone is holding. But, if taken together with all the other things we use to notice or do before computers, cell phones, etc, we might discover a big hole where once we use to define who we are as a society or people.
Does technology just change our point of view or does it chip away our humanity?
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