The lost world of physicality
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The lost world of physicality
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#2Ah, I see this is getting some love from the HN crowd. Very interested to hear people's opinions and very, very interested in original research that covers any of the topics mentioned.
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#3Some quick reactions:
To have a fair discussion, you would have to look at both the problems and benefits of losing physicality. There is a danger of clinging on it to it purely for nostalgia, which I think is largely the case with books.
My hunch is that kids' imagination will actually expand with virtual worlds.
Another advantage is they will be better educated. Like my wife says, "I wish I had Google when I was a child. I wouldn't have to believe all the lies my parents told me to shut me up."
I'm not even sure we will net lose physicality. We will probably just have new types of physical objects.
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#4Not sure what the paragraph about talking to children has to do with the rest. But I've been seated next to children that traveled alone before so perhaps it's just your perception? Often if we feel uncomfortable with something, we make others uncomfortable, too.
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#5Not sure what the paragraph about talking to children has to do with the rest. But I've been seated next to children that traveled alone before so perhaps it's just your perception? Often if we feel uncomfortable with something, we make others uncomfortable, too.
No, I was referring to this: http://www.economist.com/blogs/gulliver/2010/06/british_airw... (see also: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Airline_sex_discrimination_poli...)
The point of the children paragraph is that many things are leading people to keep children indoors (fear of men, fear of the Sun) and this combined with a virtual world means that they are more and more cut off. At least, that's the hypothesis. Looking for data.
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#6My parents were always worried that I "spent too much time on the computer", but it was always balanced by weekend outdoor pursuits in mountains and rivers. Both did me a lot of good.
I don't want my children to live in a "risk-free" society with all the restrictions that it would imply.
We live in semi-wild country on the outskirts of a large flat city with lots of manicured lawns and pavements. When children visit from the inner suburbs they trip over a lot because they are not used to running on uneven ground. I think it's a great pity.
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#7Ah, I see this is getting some love from the HN crowd. Very interested to hear people's opinions and very, very interested in original research that covers any of the topics mentioned.
You might also be interested in Nicholas Carr's blog, he writes about similar things. I think it is worth following it, if only as a contrast to the tech-utopianism of HN:
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#8Ah, I see this is getting some love from the HN crowd. Very interested to hear people's opinions and very, very interested in original research that covers any of the topics mentioned.
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#10Ah, I see this is getting some love from the HN crowd. Very interested to hear people's opinions and very, very interested in original research that covers any of the topics mentioned.
Nice post. Obliquely related, but you may enjoy the PBS Frontline episode Digital Nation -- you can watch it online through the PBS website: