Comments for Pic-Nic Village http://www.picnicvillage.com/newsite A Playground of Possibilities Fri, 21 Jan 2011 20:38:17 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.1 Comment on Trending in 2011 by Karin Horowitz http://www.picnicvillage.com/newsite/2011/01/trending-in-2011/#comment-22 Karin Horowitz Fri, 21 Jan 2011 20:38:17 +0000 http://www.picnicvillage.com/newsite/?p=458#comment-22 Hi Pete, just followed up a great link on TED about our virtual identities and connectedness and then saw your post. Ref point 2 in your post, you might like to watch: Amber Case: We are all cyborgs now | Video on TED.com ted.com TED Talks Technology is evolving us, says Amber Case, as we become a screen-staring, button-clicking new version of homo sapiens. We now rely on "external brains" (cell phones and computers) to communicate, remember, even live ... Some interesting comments on how greater connectedness to others might simultaneously mean less connection to self; and also useful to reflect on the idea of Virtual Adolescence! Hope all is well, Karin Hi Pete, just followed up a great link on TED about our virtual identities and connectedness and then saw your post. Ref point 2 in your post, you might like to watch:

Amber Case: We are all cyborgs now | Video on TED.com ted.com
TED Talks Technology is evolving us, says Amber Case, as we become a screen-staring, button-clicking new version of homo sapiens. We now rely on “external brains” (cell phones and computers) to communicate, remember, even live …

Some interesting comments on how greater connectedness to others might simultaneously mean less connection to self; and also useful to reflect on the idea of Virtual Adolescence!

Hope all is well,

Karin

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