Socially|Mundane

Cynthia Meza has a very good, responsible article in the "Daily Titan" blog that examines the way technology itself is ruining the world's societies. She only mentions Second Life in passing, but the overall article is a very good one. Think of this as 'part one' and my next post - from blogger Landsend Korobase at Land’s Intersection as being a part two.

Taking the words of both these article shouldn't be a rude-awakening, but I suspect for a lot of people: it really is. It's not to say that Second Life and social technology is evil per se, but that it can become addictive and once that, it can wreak havoc on societal social values in general.

The first article I point your attention to, called "'Virtuality' causes marital and legal problems" looks to how social technology in general has really eroded our communicative 'morals' and 'values' as a whole.

'Virtuality' causes marital and legal problems: "A phone conversation already limits the directness of a regular conversation. Text messaging makes people even more non-direct. You don't even get to hear the person's voice. You only see their words, and most of the time you don't even get their tone."

The second article, specifically centered around Second Life could be taken as a whole in addition to the first: apply what Ms. Korobase says to everything: facebook, MySpace, Second Life...

You get the idea.

Ouch.

via Daily Titan