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rrneck

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9. Disunifying.

Reply to cthulu2016 (Original post)

Sat Nov 30, 2013, 01:32 PM

Nov 2013

People "friend" and "unfriend" each other easily, "join" and "unjoin" groups on a whim. There is no real contribution to the relationship and thus they are cheapened.

Imagine being trapped on a desert island with someone, and you have to depend on each other to survive. Now imagine he's an asshole. You'd have to actually work at that relationship, and in the end it would mean something.

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Has the total net effect of i-tech (internet, etc.) been unifying or dis-unifying? [View all] cthulu2016 Nov 2013 OP

Unifying. Now we can all argue aboiut the same things. rug Nov 2013 #1

Brings like-minded people together against others. n/t rucky Nov 2013 #2

Heh. Well put cthulu2016 Nov 2013 #4

If one thinks globally, it's clearly unifying. Perhaps that's why the PTB want to stifle it. Scuba Nov 2013 #3

The Internet is the new Wild West. JaneyVee Nov 2013 #5

Doesn't matter. Pandora is outta the box NoOneMan Nov 2013 #6

Neither... sendero Nov 2013 #7

It may be coincidental, but American society is clearly more fractured since the advent Romulox Nov 2013 #8

Disunifying. rrneck Nov 2013 #9

It's a learning experience par excellence. Some of which the ptb would rather we shraby Nov 2013 #10

Where are these effects? cthulu2016 Nov 2013 #11

Social progress comes through education..not just book learning, but real education. shraby Nov 2013 #12