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Humanities 7 Reasons the 21st Century is Making You Miserable, Credits to Cracked.com, by David Wong.

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Awakened_Angel	Nov 15 2009, 10:33 AM Return to original view \| Post #1
Look at all my stars!! Senior Member 2,703 posts Joined: May 2007 From: where you need wings and awakened to reach	QUOTE(Deadlocks @ Nov 15 2009, 11:17 AM) None, except that I simply think that it is a very acceptable piece of read. If that's not acceptable, give me the cue, and I'll close the thread. I think what dead lock is trying to express is that.... after read it.. so? what then? what is your conslusion? we see already the effect, any recommendations? discussions? etc... instead of copy and paste... everyone can do that... take any article from any web or blog and create a thread for it
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Awakened_Angel	Nov 15 2009, 12:22 PM Return to original view \| Post #2
Look at all my stars!! Senior Member 2,703 posts Joined: May 2007 From: where you need wings and awakened to reach	QUOTE(dreamer101 @ Nov 15 2009, 11:56 AM) P.S.: I found that MANY YOUNGER GENERATION are WIMPS. They DARE NOT speak up on what they believe. And, when CHALLENGE, they DARE NOT defend their STAND. To the EXTREME, they COULD NOT even DARE to speak about THEIR OPINION on ANYTHING. Isn't this what is DESCRIBED in the article?? You know what, this the effect of the article I suppose... youngsters always release their hatred etc virtually, on FB, forum... when in real life, they cant as they cant react spontaneously...
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Awakened_Angel	Nov 16 2009, 02:16 PM Return to original view \| Post #3
Look at all my stars!! Senior Member 2,703 posts Joined: May 2007 From: where you need wings and awakened to reach	QUOTE(annariana @ Nov 16 2009, 10:24 AM) LOL! Nice one! it doesn`t matter where it came from but I tend to stronly agree with what is stated in the web... technology had make us miserable; make us hollow inside; and take away our capability... our ability to climb up the stair even its 1 floor, the ability to stand the heat... even if its just little warm... don`t you agree?
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Awakened_Angel	Nov 22 2009, 08:58 AM Return to original view \| Post #4
Look at all my stars!! Senior Member 2,703 posts Joined: May 2007 From: where you need wings and awakened to reach	QUOTE(Eventless @ Nov 19 2009, 05:18 PM) Real life communications are becoming less common because it is not really that convenient. Both parties has to be available at the same time. If you exclude telephones usage, both parties would need to be in the same location as well requiring time to be wasted on traveling. With technologies like telephone, you don't have to be in the same located. With email and instant messaging, both parties don't even have to online at the same time. They may not talk directly but the message is still getting across. The question is why is having face to face conversation so important? then stay in Europe while your spouse in malaysia and just deliver your sperm to her via DHL and she`ll get pregnant eventually and see your baby from webcam in skype technology are meant to EASE us... NOT to SUBSTITUTE us... technology are created to ease communication and transportation of hard to reach places... eg... from PJ to CHERAS.. you cant walk right? but that does not mean you walk from your house to food court for 5 minutes is wrong and useless.... did you watch the animation WALL E? see t he humans in the moviethat result from over dependent on technology...... http://l.yimg.com/g/images/spaceball.gif This post has been edited by Awakened_Angel: Nov 22 2009, 09:16 AM
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Awakened_Angel	Nov 24 2009, 01:14 PM Return to original view \| Post #5
Look at all my stars!! Senior Member 2,703 posts Joined: May 2007 From: where you need wings and awakened to reach	QUOTE(Eventless @ Nov 23 2009, 12:53 PM) In your first example, technology is still not substituting a person. Substituting means that there's no real person on the other end of the conversation. You would be communicating to a machine instead of a person. ok... but this is technology... it solves one problem while create another.... car solves our transportation but it too kills the determination that we once had on walking to get to our destination, and it create aonther solution, entertainment in car so that we wouldn`t get bored while travelling QUOTE Dating sims would be an example of such interaction if the player is treating the characters in the game as a real person. In such a case, is it the fault of the game or the fault of the player that such a situation exists? I could foresee Japan will be the pioneeer of this... creating virtual sexy AV star that would greet you when you come home, talk to you, comfort you.. and maybe, have virtual sex with you.... fulfilling your wildest fantasy..... again, it solved another problem... sexual craving and create another... make human as lustful as never before.... This post has been edited by Awakened_Angel: Nov 24 2009, 01:15 PM
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