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Comment: Communication Breakdown... (Score 1) 138

by pcsourcepoint on Monday January 21, 2008 @10:39PM (#22133728) Attached to: Is Tech Bringing Us Closer Together Instead of Allowing Us to Sprawl?

I find it mentally stimulating to forum chat (e.g. pc world, yahoo answers, blog directories, mylot, commenting, etc) with others of similar interests within NZ and worldwide, as it's a good avenue to be authoritatively interactive. However, in doing so, I think I have lost a bit of verbal communication with real people, including some of my immediate family members and friends. Maybe advanced means of communication can create a partial isolation within your normal means of communication. Advancing (maybe), but unknowingly ignoring those that are closest...