cyber-social creatures

In response to Michael, I agree that the dynamic of social relationships has changed immensely; there are some ways in which we have become less social, in the sense that people do spend a lot of their time in front of the computer playing games, surfing the web, etc, but I beg to differ that people are as a whole less social due to all of these social network sites and means of mass communication. I can see how less face-to face interaction can be seen as such, but I just feel like it is simply a different, and perhaps more relevant social behavior that has replaced it.

For example, Drucker mentions the hot topic of artificial intimacy, which got me to thinking about the prominence of online dating, in this day and age, which was once seen as unsafe and rather taboo. I think this kind of social site alone, is demonstrative of how "cybersocial" we have become, and how trusting we are in sharing our personal information, and developing relationships with people we meet on the Internet. Furthermore, he discusses the need for cyberlaw, which is an important and necessary response to technological advances and being able to control all of these outputs and social interactions on a completely different playing field. People want to feel safe on the Internet and I believe more than ever they are able to. There of course is going to be some debate of how much control is implemented and by whom in order to maintain this feeling of safety and preventative measure from hacking and unwanted, negative mass persuasion as mentioned on page 63. But I think overall, we have become more social creatures and have developed a stronger trust in cyberspace.