Depends. Computers are better for, say, talking to people in other countries (cause international phone calls are expensive). Real life is better for well, basically everything that counts. real life sex is better, conversations are better, and a JPEG of a sunset can't compare to the real thing.
Sure, by far. So much more to discover, so much more fun. So much faster to talk and to send letter - you get those instantly from miles and miles away...
Computers are a part of real life for people anyway nowadays. Think about it, you can choose what you want to watch (YouTube, 4OD) Listen to whatever music you want to, and socialise with whatever group you most associate with. I dont think many people could separate computers from their real life. Sometimes in life though you dont get such a choice, youre stuck with where you live and who you are with, and in that way I think the internet offers more freedom for people. Im still not convinced Its better than real life though, I wouldnt like to give up either my computer or my 'real' outside life, the two blend together quite nicely.
I don't know what you're talking about, computers aren't part of reality at all, the two are clearly opposites which have no connection whatsoever...
I would have agreed with you Power_13, but now I'm running linux it's no longer true! computers are a substitute for real life, and a poor substitute in my view. People get out there, and START THE REVOLUTION!!
Isn't that a bit like saying that telephones aren't part of reality? Computers and the internet give us possibilities for communication which were unimaginable even to science-fiction writers just a generation ago. And yet somehow, like other technological innovations in the past, it all ends up isolating people more than bringing them together. When telephone answering machines came in, people used them as a means of avoiding picking up the phone themselves. I often find myself spending days swapping voicemails with someone but never actually getting to talk to them. Caller display lets you choose whether to talk to someone or not. Mobile phones have made it socially acceptable to ignore people in your immediate company while jabbering away to an unseen third party. I'm sure Ivan Illich would have had something to say about it all. For myself, the Internet has made it possible to catch up with long-lost friends and has enhanced my appreciation of various books and movies through online chat. Yet I'm not at all sure that a couple of hours noodling on message boards is a more worthwhile use of my time than sitting on the beach throwing pebbles in the sea, for instance.
no i agree computers are lonely you dont know if things you read on them are lies because they show no emotion they have no feelings i like my feelings
