World Have Your Say: Do social networks make us 'less human'?
BBC - World Service - World Have Your Say: Do social networks make us 'less human'?
In light of the Pope's recent warning in regard to Facebook and Twitter as well as this story, (which is truly heartbreaking)
I am asking again - what are we losing here - in terms of being technologically 'addicted'. What are we gaining? Just 'acquaintances' who would joke about us committing suicide on our FB page?
I am lucky, I suppose in that I don't have a husband texting others all the time and that our dinner is about us sitting at the table (for now - and if I have anything to say about it, it's going to stay that way)...yet, I truly feel for other families as well as people in general and their need to stay 'connected' electronically while simultaneously losing 'real' connections in their lives.
In light of the Pope's recent warning in regard to Facebook and Twitter as well as this story, (which is truly heartbreaking)
I am asking again - what are we losing here - in terms of being technologically 'addicted'. What are we gaining? Just 'acquaintances' who would joke about us committing suicide on our FB page?
I am lucky, I suppose in that I don't have a husband texting others all the time and that our dinner is about us sitting at the table (for now - and if I have anything to say about it, it's going to stay that way)...yet, I truly feel for other families as well as people in general and their need to stay 'connected' electronically while simultaneously losing 'real' connections in their lives.
Labels: Observations, Social Networking, Society
posted by Colette at 4:37 PM
1 Comments:
Here are a couple links to the Pope's encouragement of using the internet to spread the Good News:
http://www.worldwideinfoforum.com/world-news/pope-tells-priests-to-get-b.html
http://www.asianews.it/news-en/Pope:-Internet,-an-instrument-for-the-proclamation-of-Christ-17432.html
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2009/05/20/pope-encourages-young-cat_n_205641.html
I do enjoy talking about these things with you M'Love.
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