I sometimes wonder if we are losing to ability to speak to each other face
to face, which makes me wonder if our ability to empathise is at risk. I
wonder at young people who grew up with computers and seem to have no
regard for others.
But one must consider the idea that cyberspace has been with us since the
invention of telephones, radios, cars, even clocks. Anything that bends
time or adds to the structure of the reality we know as 'the world' we
depend on to limit the terror of the cosmos.
There will be some adjusting, but we'll get used to it I'm sure.


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Mark Nielsen
Exhibit Designer/Preparator
University of Michigan Museum of Art
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On Sun, 16 Nov 1997, Amelia Chamberlain wrote:

> education wrote:
> >
> > It is not my intention to instigate something, however, I feel compelled to
> > pose a question about how we talk to each other.
> >
> > Do you think that some people speak to their colleagues in the same
> > unprofessional and unfriendly manner as some of us choose to write in
> > e-mail?
> >
> > A response is not necessary.
>
>
> The idea that the use of computer technology, e-mail communication, and
> the emphasis on doing everything faster, faster, more, more has affected
> the way we communicate with each other--both on-line and in person--has
> been on my mind, too.  Are we losing our humanity as we merge with
> machines to do everything faster, better(?), more efficiently?  Do we
> need to slow down and relearn how to interact with each other?  Where
> will this fast-paced whirlwind take us?
>