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[quote=Anonymous]Finding this conversation quite interesting. However, I think it speaks less to DCI and more to a greater issue about how we, as a society, want to interact with technology.

A except from Sherry Turkle's book Together Alone. Food for Thought... (Director, MIT Initiative on Technology and Self Program in Science, Technology, and Society)

"Through technology, we create, navigate, and perform our emotional lives.
 
We shape our buildings, Winston Churchill argued, then they shape us. The same is true of our digital technologies. Technology has become the architect of our intimacies. Online, we face a moment of temptation. Drawn by the illusion of companionship without the demands of intimacy, we conduct “risk free” affairs on Second Life and confuse the scattershot postings on a Facebook wall with authentic communication. And now, we are promised “sociable robots” that will marry companionship with convenience.
 
Technology promises to let us do anything from anywhere with anyone. But it also drains us as we try to do everything everywhere. We begin to feel overwhelmed and depleted by the lives technology makes possible. We may be free to work from anywhere, but we are also prone to being lonely everywhere. In a surprising twist, relentless connection leads to a new solitude. We turn to new technology to fill the void,but as technology ramps up, our emotional lives ramp down."[/quote]

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