One of the greatest things about our modern day is the ease of information access and the ease of collaboration available to us. I really think that we often take this ability for granted. I'm old enough to remember needing to go to the library for information, but my daughter will probably never have to experience this. At three, she knows what a computer is for and how to use my iPhone. She "types essays" on her own toy laptop just like mommy. Odds are that she will never be unable to answer her own questions. In many ways, this is a beautiful thing.
With my group, I'm able to prepare a presentation without ever needing to meet up at a public location. We can easily communicate with one another without even leaving our homes. I fear that this may lead to future generations closing themselves off to deep, in-person connections with other people. I don't want us to lose that as a species. We are, by nature, social and that sociality sometimes needs to be physical as opposed to virtual.
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