Both this, and kailashbadu's, are good points. But so much of this rings of my mom telling me to "get off the computer and go play outside" (nevermind that my

Both this, and kailashbadu's, are good points. But so much of this rings of my mom telling me to "get off the computer and go play outside" (nevermind that my friends and I biked all over the city regularly, ran cross country in high school, was in the Boy Scouts, worked at the city library, worked at day camps, and participated in my community's summer youth programs--so it was more stereotypical mother complaining than legitimate concern) and the view that "computers isolate us because there's less interpersonal interaction", a view I know my parents and grandparents generations have had (and most likely continue to have). And of course, that was back before the Internet, where the majority of time using a computer was largely isolating. Today, not so much. I mean, we're having this conversation right now.