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Some quick reactions: To have a fair discussion, you would have to look at both the problems and benefits of losing physicality. There is a danger of clinging
by revorad 15y ago
Some quick reactions:
To have a fair discussion, you would have to look at both the problems and benefits of losing physicality. There is a danger of clinging on it to it purely for nostalgia, which I think is largely the case with books.
My hunch is that kids' imagination will actually expand with virtual worlds.
Another advantage is they will be better educated. Like my wife says, "I wish I had Google when I was a child. I wouldn't have to believe all the lies my parents told me to shut me up."
I'm not even sure we will net lose physicality. We will probably just have new types of physical objects.
- pagejim 15y agoIt would be interesting to know what kind of behavioral changes have been seen on a mass scale in countries where computers etc are an inseparable part of life and countries where you would have to be affluent to afford a comupter ... I think that could point out some of the differences that are there ..
- JoeAltmaier 15y agoRationalization? Its very much a part of our physical development to interact with the world. Also emotional formation like empathy depends upon experiencing physically the results of your actions. Things we lose by losing physicality: Reading, hearing stories read to you. Interacting with others over the media you view. Spending time in a single environment stimulates imagination, sensory acuity Respect for the physical world - it hurts to wreck your car, shoot a man, insult someone face-to-face The lies your parents told you (mine anyway) were designed to simplify the world for a 5-year-old. This is necessary. They are moldable, easily confused and frightened. Let the world occur to them in easy stages, not as a fire-hose of internet weirdness. Ultimately I fear a world of socially-inept fat autistic young adults. The cure? Go fishing. Barefoot if possible.