Virtual love?
The world is changing, every day, and at a remarkable pace. Everything is changing. It seems that there's no such thing that had remained constant in the past few years. Of course, it's the world of culture that's evolving quickest, but also science, surprising us every day with progress and new discoveries and inventions. Undoubtedly, in the science world it's computer science that dominates. It's unbelievable, how computers have evolved in those several years past, and moreover, how they have taken over the ever so submissive man. Soon, one will not be able to last long without access to a computer or the web, just as one isn't able to last long without food. Even today it's an addiction, just like to alcohol. Man is entangled in this virtual web, and he's not bound to untangle himself from it - just the opposite, with time he will become more and more entangled.
Back to the mentioned changes, I believe that what had particularly changed is people and the relations between them. Most notably, the relations between men and women.
Virtual love? What is this?
As we all know, the Internet had revolutionised communications, and is today the most extraordinary and an all-round source of information. Today, a busy and tired person can do almost anything online: from sending a friend a birthday card, to watching a movie that's still running in cinemas, to even balancing their account. He can also flirt a little or have an affair... maybe even meet the love of his life!
This might seem absurd, but in the last years one can hear more and more about how people meet on virtual 'dates', get married, even cheat on each other using the Internet. Is this really possible? Somebody who had never taken a peek into this strange cybernetic world is bound to answer 'no, that's utterly impossible', and that he cannot imagine such a thing. However, there must be something in it.
To love someone is to get to know them well first.
Of course, but I believe that you cannot really get to know a person, even when you will be sure you know them better than you know yourself. Well... sometimes it can be very difficult to be honest looking the other person right in the eyes, can it not? Via the computer, online, when two people are alone, when nobody is looking, it is much simpler. We have a feeling that somewhere out there there's another person listening, and we do not have to worry that they will see us blushing with shame, or that they will hear our voice giving in to our stress. Obvious: it's much easier to write, than to say. This applies especially to men, who usually have more difficulty expressing their emotions than women do. An online chat is a way for them to communicate. Simple: when we write something, we can take a little time to think about exactly what we want to write, and we do not have to worry about blowing it.
Back to the mentioned changes, I believe that what had particularly changed is people and the relations between them. Most notably, the relations between men and women.
Virtual love? What is this?
As we all know, the Internet had revolutionised communications, and is today the most extraordinary and an all-round source of information. Today, a busy and tired person can do almost anything online: from sending a friend a birthday card, to watching a movie that's still running in cinemas, to even balancing their account. He can also flirt a little or have an affair... maybe even meet the love of his life!
This might seem absurd, but in the last years one can hear more and more about how people meet on virtual 'dates', get married, even cheat on each other using the Internet. Is this really possible? Somebody who had never taken a peek into this strange cybernetic world is bound to answer 'no, that's utterly impossible', and that he cannot imagine such a thing. However, there must be something in it.
To love someone is to get to know them well first.
Of course, but I believe that you cannot really get to know a person, even when you will be sure you know them better than you know yourself. Well... sometimes it can be very difficult to be honest looking the other person right in the eyes, can it not? Via the computer, online, when two people are alone, when nobody is looking, it is much simpler. We have a feeling that somewhere out there there's another person listening, and we do not have to worry that they will see us blushing with shame, or that they will hear our voice giving in to our stress. Obvious: it's much easier to write, than to say. This applies especially to men, who usually have more difficulty expressing their emotions than women do. An online chat is a way for them to communicate. Simple: when we write something, we can take a little time to think about exactly what we want to write, and we do not have to worry about blowing it.