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The lack of people skills can turn into a horrible problem in the future, but it's only a problem now because it is new. Give humanity a while and they find a solution to an obvious problem.

There is actually something worse going on behind the internet than lack of people skills. Yes, the Internet has brought together a global society. People from all around the world can now share and communicate their ideas and culture. The closer this global society gets, the less cultural distinction we have between net-goers. Societies across the world are becoming more and more like each other. These discriptions are pulling people to exotic areas. The human race has only existed so long because of our differences. If the whole of human society continues to become closer then a disaster isn't too far off. Before, if sickness broke out it was isolated in the region of origin.(with a few exceptions) The lack of cultural diversity will cause a lack in original cultural art. Look at the art of the people on this forum. I doubt the majority have art styles native to their own culture. The internet is creating a weak and inferior form of fourth entity that will easily be wiped out. The internet, and not only the internet, but the whole of modern technology is slowly killing people. Diversity is humanity's only chance of survival. Otherwise we will continue to breed in weakness.

I think the internet is a good tool for communication. A message board like this one provides a great place to share your ideas and not be afraid of what people think. People who are shy or afraid of being scrutinized can go online and talk to people, even create friendships, behind this wall of privacy.
And it's also a good way to share information. You can learn a lot about the cultures of the world and about different beliefs and ideas just by going to right place on the net.
Sure there are people who abuse the internet, and there are those who spend way too much time at their computers, but overall I believe the internet has changed our world's communication for the better.

I've always said that a tool is as useful as the person makes it. The same applies for the internet. Personally, I use the internet to communicate with a lot of people from a variety of countries. As a result, my experience isn't as isolated as someone who only hears and sees his own country (or state/province). The internet is also the biggest source of free flowing information known to man. With so much information so readily available to us, a person can know quite a lot if he makes the effort to study it. As far as social skills go, I will say this: Too much of a good thing is a bad thing indeed. If you spend your life sitting at a computer, your personality will suffer. Why? Although we are talking with and interacting with people in chat rooms, forums, games, and instant messengers; it isn't the same as talking to someone in person. For example: Having a person yelling at you out of anger in person has a larger effect than a person typing in caps or bold letters on a monitor. Social skills can only come from being social, and I mean in person. So in that sense, the internet can hinder a person's social development, but it can also help it as well. Really, the internet is just tool to let us do things which cannot be done in person.

So make your RL buddy list longer than your computer's.

But it really doesn't help those with social disorders to commincate on the internet. Those who already lack people skills will be learning worse skills. Once a skill is learned it is harder to replace it. If they can't commincate well in the real world learning to communicate in cyberspace is just going to hurt them. It's been proven that the internet is creating a suto-society of people that are well connected but can't operate well face to face with another person.

People skills are very important to a person's future. If a young person finds his way onto the internet, they can get the approvement and attention they want but they are depriving themselves of usefull real world skills.

Parents today are focusing more on making sure their children can fit into society. But today's city dwelling people lack the community that fosters numerous close relationships. If people grow up only having a few freinds they tend to be "clingy" and unable to let go well. The internet has improved communication greatly but the problems that have appeared because of its advent are just a small problem faced by society's shifting. Humankind is moving toward a drastic change, because we are over-specializing. The internet has people to become too complex.

If the power in your area went out indefinetly, what would happen to you? Most areas don't even produce their own food anymore. Countries like America would be hurt very seriously and would recover very slowly. The internet is not the source but just one of the causes of our rapid decline.

EDIT: Percisely, a person on the net knows that what he says to another won't have any effect on him.(To the most part.) So, there is an absence of fear. Feeling all of our emotions is important for our development. People like the net because it helps them avoid a few of the worse emotions. And how many net-relationships ever get that close without turning ugly. Small gestures and postitions convey a lot of messages. So people that only communicate on the net don't recognize these. That is also why those with better real world communication skills find it hard to express what they mean. There will often be misunderstandings. The net should never be considered an alternative to real world communication.

depends on how you use it. Personally the internet is a dangerous tool anyway. Anything can happen at any time. And as my old man says, "If it can happen, it WILL happen". Truth be told i was browsin through the internet one day and BAAM i got fluded with viruses, spyware and crap. Now i may have gotten rid of it with system restore but i still need to get Mafee.

Besides companies and the governments are now learning on how to control people with it.

A case in point, the media as we all know, is controllable because they are sponsered by other organizations. So basically whatever the organzaiton tells the broadcasters to use theyll do it or they cant put food on the table. The government too is also doing it. From that leak they had about the Patriot act (not really patriotic is I may say) was a slick way for them to take our rights away. They know someone leaked it and they wanted them to with or without that persons knowledge. Now they say "its war!" and crap. But you know they never say why the terrorists are doing what their doing. People just dont strap a bomb on theirselves and let it rip. So know that they have leaked it the government feels it was an act of treason, however it is "Freedom of Speech" so how is it an act of treason? So now theyre stripping our rights away and not only can a few see it but no one can do squat about it.

The other thing is they have ppl putting whatever on the internet and ppl believe it. But none of us are really over there, so really what we are reading is biased information. And since its biased theres no real way to find the "truth" unless we are actually over there in that battle zone. So basically you have to read between the lines and question why things are happing the way they are. Looking at how other ppl do their news also helps. Unless they too were sponsered by a same organization.

Does the internet help? Yes it does. In fact if used right its a handy tool. You can do just about everything with the internet, by looking up information for school, video games, current events etc. My thing with it is that you can learn anything from the internet better than you would at school. So now the question is this. If you can learn anything from the internet, why bother going to school? You can already get degrees from your home already so why is school so important? Social skills of course is one, but still not very, you can go anywhere and make friends. Two...actually I cant think of anything else why it is important to go school.

Does the internet hurt? Yes it does. People really become "dolls" to the internet by obsessing over what it can do. Too much of anything is a bad thing. And really when you read and stuff things can get very very misinterpretated. So unless you are standing right next to the person (which can still be misinterpretated but not as bad) you may not understand or be offended by what that person wrote. That person could be writing in a calm manner but when read it could be as if he was provoked or something.

But really technology is a double-edged sword if you will. Its dangerous and yet helpful at the sametime. You do with what you want with. You choose your fate you could say. "You reap what you sew"

The lack of quality information on the net is a problem. And, yes, dis-information is very a prominent problem, but it is not all the fault of the government. Everyone on the net is probably responsible for at least one misleading statement. Not always intentional but still misleading. It part of our nature to decieve. But saying it is all the governments fault would fall into the same category as dis-information. Large scale underground organizations will cause information to change on the net. People depend too much on information that is too easily changed. Any hacker with enough time and talent can change one known fact for a lie. It isn't that hard and with there being so much information on the net it may not be noticed. Even if the right person noticed it would they do anything about it? That isn't something we can answer since apathy seems to be running rampant through our world.

And just think, how will these "dolls" operate if the net goes down. The net was never intended to be what it is today, as earlier stated. We took the concepts of what it was supposed to be and changed them. We didn't make something new, we just altered what was already there. That shows an extreme lack of originality. We are doomed, right?

You must be in school, correct? There is a lot wrong with the way modern education is conducted, but I think you'll really love college. It's a whole new world. Sorry off topic.

we are having an intelligent conversation. In that aspect there is no off topic lol

i would think that the internet is simply another tool of communication such as a cellular device, mail, radio, phone, etc. It's a common thing now and has fitted itself into today's society without causing major social problems. Online Instant Messaging is just another way to talk, essentially you're still talking to the person just without a face-to-face viewing. Granted some people prefer actual speaking when it comes to serious things, but it's not as if perhaps you talk to a friend online but are never able to talk in person there is still a feeling of communication of friendship that comes from it. So I pretty much think that while the internet has it's ups and downs, it has more benefits.