tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5838960770272105688.post431539362359006366..comments2023-09-30T06:10:21.927-07:00Comments on Mountain Time: Just another narcissist dumping her opinion into the tubesTrailheadhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16058762165478635440noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5838960770272105688.post-51338297841788675652006-12-21T10:10:00.000-08:002006-12-21T10:10:00.000-08:00It's interesting. On the one hand I can completel...It's interesting. On the one hand I can completely understand the argument that the advent of the internet can isolate us from real contact, the kind of intimacy born of proximity. <br /><br />But then I think about how communities have been built and ties made and sustained between people who have never met and who sometimes live across the globe from one another, and I am hard pressed to see how this is actually "narcissism." And really, that's what I think scares George Will the most. In his world people belong in boxes, the better to be set against one another. <br /><br />It's either that or he's appallingly ignorant, which I simply don't believe.Trailheadhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16058762165478635440noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5838960770272105688.post-12811643595578358712006-12-21T09:29:00.000-08:002006-12-21T09:29:00.000-08:00All dumbassery aside, I, like you TH, love the evo...All dumbassery aside, I, like you TH, love the evolving nature of the internet (and tools like blogging) in the many ways that it is changing cultures around the world.<br /><br />Often I have to step back and remind myself what a small percentage of us are actually online so far. But for those of us who are, I can certainly relate to the experience of taking a true, caring interest in the lives, lessons, and thoughts of others who I might otherwise not know.Jade L Blackwaterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15321787298101881675noreply@blogger.com