21 replies to this topic

[rovertos]

OK, technology can bring people together, that's for sure. But can it also alienate people? What you think?

[BoSZ]

my answer is straigh and simple
it can do that and it does thatto every 2nd PC user

[nooc]

Technology is merely a tool. The people are to blame. Not recessarily the user who is the "victim", but the people who do not care and let it happen when they could help to prevent it. Alienation is a symptom of a cold hearted society.

[squishybear]

i agree..its still up to the person on how to use them! =) i dont think im alienated (but well, sometimes---lol) but it can also be a faster and easier way to communicate with your friends/... and other people!!!! =)

[FouGilang]

It alienate me!! Lol

I dont know if alienate includes "only accept friends from this/that/it clan" on mmo games, cause that what happened in many high leveled player here = =

[inverse_bloom]

I think technology such as the "web", can and does alienate some. I remember reading one story from a computer magazine where a tech journalist explained how his huge obsession with the internet broke down his marriage and deteriated his health.

Fortunately the guy got out of his predicament and wrote an article shortly after his flip side. I think certain personalities who like to fanatically focus in on the details of things, are at risk of these mistakes. Particularly because computers provide vast subject material to explore, with little effort.

[Quatrux]

In my opinion of course it does alienate people, but from other side it brings evryone together, usually people on sites similar to facebook speak with school mates when they already finished school and etc. But in some way, people spend less time speaking one to another near a cup of tea or coffee, some people just want to comeback and login to some site or chat service and speak.

Or the most obvious example, two people talk a lot through SMS, Skype, MSN and etc. and has al ot of what to say, but when they meet together, they sometimes might be very quite and does not know what to say, of course it depends, but it's just an example.

Some people just forget birthdays, because they got used to that sites liek facebook reminds them, but they forget about birthdays from people who does not use facebook and similar sites

There are bad sides and good sides about all this technology and alienation, but in my opinio it's best if you can communicate in real live and in Internet live, that you could measure things.

Personally I don't use sites like facebook, because of lack of time to do a lot of other things, but I used to use services like that in the past, for me it's usually was lost time of my live

[Okara KAmi]

Does a sword make us weaker? The caveman who wrestled and pushed a deer down a cliff just to earn his living, was probably a lot stronger than a Samurai. Does a gun make us weaker? The Samurai, who's strength relies in swift and powerful strikes, is probably a lot stronger than a Sniper sitting up in a building, holding his breath and waiting to pull the trigger. But the weapons aren't to blame. A weapon is a tool. A tool is something that makes the general procedure of any given aspect more efficient, hopefully. How this greater efficiency affects the people/things involved in the process, can not be blamed on the tool itself. In this case, the internet gives us a generously easier way to communicate with an infinite amount of people. Sure, the presence of something like this makes the average Joe Bloggs want to stay at home and chat/game, where he could otherwise be outdoors Trick-Or-Treating. That isn't the inter-net's fault of course, it's Joe Bloggs who is unable to find the right balance between outdoors and indoors life, that is to blame. Same thing with most technology, they are made to benefit us, but when we grow slothful in the presence of these tools, we are to blame for being too darned lazy!

[StartupBiz]

It depends on the availability of technology. It can alienate people that do not have the technology at their disposal. They do not have the access to the knowledge and benefits it provides. I see more alienation in areas where the technology is less available.

[contactskn]

rovertos, on Nov 19 2004, 03:20 PM, said:

OK, technology can bring people together, that's for sure. But can it also alienate people? What you think?

Dear friend I think it depends entirely upon the person to person and as well the circumstances in which one is brought up to be alienated or be together with other people. So just because of technology I don't think people will become alienated just because of technology. But its just my personal view.