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I used a computer to randomize the fundamental fifteen-word question posed by a human [me]: “Do you think all this texting email and internet is making us less human somehow?” The randomizations create questions that are obviously related to the fundamental question, but meaning is denigrated by syntactical gaps, breaks, dislocations, etc. In struggling to read a few of these degraded questions, you vaguely perceive the original, intended question, but comprehension is labored and fuzzy.
From this perspective, comparing just one of these randomized questions to the fundamental question provides a poetic metaphor of the difference between Cyber-social interaction and pre-Cyber, face to face, in the same physical space, Human social interaction.
Face to face, in the same physical space, Human social interaction is dense, with meaning amplified, buttressed, nuanced, modulated, etc by:
· Gesture, posture, dynamics of personal space, etc
· Inflections of tone, volume, pitch, timber, tempo, etc
· Facial expression, including the subtle eyes, often described as windows to the soul
· Etc
In comparison, Cyber-interaction is the dim shadow of a fragrant, glorious flower … A flower less and less in the sunlight as people, especially youngsters, invest more and more time and social energy in the Cyber-cave.
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Homo Cyberius: Cyber Man #1
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Stepping outside, I see vast, fragrant fields of tulips, lavender, daisies, poppies … a thousand varieties … slowly morphing to plastic, dime store replicas …
Stephen Rowe welcomes correspondence of all sort per StephenRowe.OriGraphics@yahoo.com
