Re:Electronic Loneliness (1995)
by rgbrenner on Monday December 25, 2017 @04:05PM
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The one line version is: the internet creates isolation (by removing our need to leave the home, even for work) and therefore loneliness. It's anti-computers (called home terminals in the article) because it disturbs the home as a refuge from work--a place for leisure (in front of a TV-- not the work-like home terminals).
Keep in mind, this is when most people were still not connected (or even had a computer), there were maybe 20,000 websites worldwide.
So this is a pro-status-quo position... arguing against the change that was beginning to occur from computers becoming widely available.
Keep in mind, this is when most people were still not connected (or even had a computer), there were maybe 20,000 websites worldwide.
So this is a pro-status-quo position... arguing against the change that was beginning to occur from computers becoming widely available.
I think it's hard to read because it's a translation of this: https://www.mediamatic.net/en/media/inline/2016/12/14/8_2_am...