Rheingold goes into detail with this, " Pride in one's ability to master a medium is a positive thing. but if the sense of self becomes defined in terms of those things over which one can exert perfect control, the world of safe things becomes severely limited--because those things tend to be things, not people. Mastery can cease to be a growing force in individual development and take on another face. It becomes a way of masking fears about the self and the complexities of the world beyond. People can become trapped."
Is this a culture we want to exist since the culture is inherently isolating (physically)? Can a person ever get true satisfaction from a virtual world or does our participation (extensive) gurantee us a trip to a psychologist? \
2 comments:
That's a funny comment about the trip to the psychologist. Seems very likely. I agree and thing Rheingold is onto something with the control illusion being exercised and demonstrated in a virtual world. It seems to often attract those who are powerless or feeling powerless in the "real world."
I think for other reasons it becomes addictive as well. When it's dark and gloomy outside, there is always a guarantee what it will be like online. People are given a stable environment which they can rely on something, as typical as the whether will be stable for them.
That's a funny comment about the trip to the psychologist. Seems very likely. I agree and thing Rheingold is onto something with the control illusion being exercised and demonstrated in a virtual world. It seems to often attract those who are powerless or feeling powerless in the "real world."
I think for other reasons it becomes addictive as well. When it's dark and gloomy outside, there is always a guarantee what it will be like online. People are given a stable environment which they can rely on something, as typical as the whether will be stable for them.
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