Posted by bulldog2 on May 30, 2009, at 17:35:28
In reply to Re: I 've given up hope » bulldog2, posted by Sigismund on May 30, 2009, at 17:02:14
> >Our new high tech society starves our minds of our basic needs.
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> A very complicated and intricate society with basic forms of interpersonal communication. It's like an inverse of how things were, I think.Yes look at internet relationships. Many now try and meet their social needs on the internet. None of our five senses are involved other than seeing written words come back to us. People can terminate the relationship at will by just disappearing. Sometimes a person reappears with a different handle. Often people pose and lie about who they are. Mind games abound. Very often these relationships are superficial and lack any true meaning.
Our social institutions have been battered and are severely weakend. People use to try and draw their sustanance from these institutions. Now people flounder and look for the meaning of life.
These institions used to give us meaning. No one thought about what would sustain people after these institions were destroyed. People now flounder about like fish on the shore.
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