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Handan Tülay Satiroglu is a Turkish-American independent journalist who divides her time between the U.S. and Europe.
iPods and Blackberries offer instant access to a virtual world, but are technological gadgets keeping people apart and breaking down society?
Derek V. Smith, author of A Survival Guide in the Information Age:
"Technology does not loan you money or come by to see you when you are sick or sad. It may connect you with someone who does, but the characteristics that are truly human must be transmitted by humans," surmises Derek Smith. "Much of the human experience is about sight, sound, smell, touch, and intuition that in turn require human contact and proximity."
Dr. Aric Sigman, Psychologist:
Dr. Sigman believes that spending too much solitary time with the almighty gizmo may actually change our chemical makeup. In a recent article on the technology news website cNet, he cautions internet addicts that "there does seem to be a difference between 'real presence' and the virtual variety."
"There's something to be said for the spontaneity and richness that only a real-life meaningful encounter with a person can bring. After all, how do you convey with electronic devices the magic of a smile, hug, handshake or infectious laughter?"
Gonna back away from the computer now -- well just one more link.... oh, that looks interesting... I wonder if the wireless signal could be beamed straight into my cerebral cortex or wherever, or maybe cloning is the answer, I and I could drift between real and virtual. Okay, backing away NOW -- going outside where there's air and birds and a really really big sky and the smell of rich moist earth that sqishes under your feet. Later over to the Lodge and see some, whaddayacallums, ... people, yeah, people.
and I'm crazy for love
but I'm not comin' on
I'm just paying my rent every day...
LC
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