>> generally people have adapted more or less fine I don't think that such adaptation is a "done deal". We're very much a work in progress as far as the latest

>> generally people have adapted more or less fine I don't think that such adaptation is a "done deal". We're very much a work in progress as far as the latest social media stuff goes, meaning from about Facebook onwards. And without being all scaremongery, I really wonder if we _are_ fine. There seems a growing number of studies and anecdotes to at least give the suggestion that ever heavier immersion in the virtual world correlates broadly with increased dissatisfaction and distress, especially for younger people. There were never any such indications for Walkmen, or pagers, so I do think already it's different. Let's not chuck all our tech in the bin - but let's be cautious and observant about what's happening around us.