Just had a meeting with someone who confessed she did not possess a socially advanced phone. I suddenly had a sense of man and machine being closer than I had previously feared.
Are we now so reliant on technology that our social interaction depends on having the latest gizmo? Are we approaching a point where technology might replace face to face meetings to provide social interaction? Might your hard, or soft, ware dictate your social group? Maybe it’s been like this for a while, but is the point becoming more pressing?
Has the debate about have and have-not’s been extended to those who have the right gizmo’s, and those who don’t?
Are face-to-face meetings and social-technology two circles that overlap perfectly?
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November 4th, 2008 at 4:38 pm
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