Originally posted by KostaWell, I don't believe that "real life" will become totally unimportant. I just think that "online life" and online personas will become way more important. Either way, there will always be physical needs, but how they are dealt with, will likely change. The "online life" offers people an escape, an ability to lead much better lives for little money...and as long as it makes people happy it will go on to improve.
How do you mean? That we will lead (for the lack of a better analogy) a Matrix style existence? (minus the evil machines, neo, and kung-fu that is) If that is what you mean, then I personally believe that, although it is becoming increasingly easy to interact with people all over the word via the web, and that more and more cervices are being offered via it as well, that largely we will continue to live our lives in the real world. We still need to eat, sleep, drink and do all the things our body needs to sustain its self. The internet and OL (online life) may offer the opportunity to meet other people, perhaps even find a partner, but people still need physical contact. I'm sorry I'm a little tired at the moment so this isn't coming out quite as intricate as I had wanted, but I am hoping I am getting my point across 😛. Yes we will become more reliant on telecommunications and the world wide web, yes this offers new, and in a lot of cases improved ways of doing certain things, but I don not believe that we will delve entirely in to a non-real world existence, even in the long run.I can see your point though, don't get me wrong. I just dont know to what extent I share the same opinion. Time will tell I guess.