So, I just watched "True Life: I Live Another Life on the Web" for my new media class. It's about three girls who are essentially addicted to the internet, and who spend the majority of their time online meeting people. This topic is interesting to me because last year I was really good friends with three guys who lived on my floor...and they were addicted to online social networks/games (to say the least). My roommate and I talked about their addiction on a daily basis, and argued with them about it. Randi (roommate) I always told the boys that it is not possible to maintain the same kind of relationships online as with actual people you see face-to-face, and the boys always argued otherwise. They claimed that relationships via the internet are actually better, because more attention is paid, etc etc.
I guess watching this episode really intrigued me because it made me think that it seems inevitable that people are going to start spending even MORE time on the web via online gaming/networking... Pretty soon people may even start going to work in virtual worlds. I love the internet, but I don't think it's ever going to stop progressing. Who is going to put limits on how much time people can spend online? There has to be a limit, right? Or else eventually no one is going to want to leave the safety of their home to venture out into our vast world...
Anyway, it was just a thought.
True Life
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