is the virtual world destroying the real world?

Answer 1

No, but it is thwarting man's potential to achieve something in the real world that's of value to civilization by wasting his time on computer games.

Answer 2

Have you ever been to the Library of Congress in Washington D.C.? They have a mural there called "The Evolution of the Book" that represents humankind's development from simple communication to the development of the printing press. At the time, the printing press was the pinnacle of communication.

If Mr. Alexander were alive in our time and painting this series of pictures, I think he would call it "The evolution of communication", and he would include a seventh painting showing people using computers to write (sort of a personal printing press). His eighth painting would be of the Internet. Probably similar to the idea of a neural network in the brain, except across the world and between people.

I don't think the virtual world is destroying the real world any more than the development of books destroyed anything, or the development of airplanes. It is a stage in our development as a species. The radius of our small planet is only 4000 miles! I drive that in one month, usually.

The virtual world is part of our existing world. It makes the world smaller, and has the potential to bring our world together in a way never before possible. We can now communicate easily with people anywhere in the world.

Some people will use such technology to create negative things. That's always the way. And other misguided people will allow their lives to lose proper focus by focusing too much on mundane details of the new "virtual world". But the potential for growth and development is there. It's up to us as citizens of the world to use it responsibly.

Answer 3

Define " real world." Are you asking whether Earth is being destroyed, or the civilization that mankind has created is being destroyed? And just what do you mean by the "real" world? Real according to whom? Isn't all society merely a fascade by which groups can interact in specific patterns and relationships? Is that real? Are people's actions "real"?

If you are asking whether the virtual world is destroying the way people interact in the world, the answer is going to be subjective, according to how the perceiver views "destruction." Older people often talk about "the good ole days" ... are you implying that the virtual world is destroying what you consider "the good ole days," of face-to-face human interaction, perhaps?

I agree with the persons above who state that this is a stage in the evolution of humanity. One could argue that the invention of tools, quite literally, "destroyed" the world. Any number of events in the evolution of mankind can be seen as "destroying" the world. Certainly, the industrial revolution is definitely destroying the "real" world, if by "real," you mean physical. Again, what do you mean by "real"?

In my opinion, one man or woman's "destruction" is another man or woman's "progress."

I can sum up my own thoughts with a quote from the Beatles:

"Nothing is real."

Answer 4

Good question, I guess it would depend on how much time is spent in the virtual world compared to the real world.

I think a lot people become safe and happy in the "virtual world" and forget how to socialize and interact with others.

Answer 5

The virtual world has good and bad points. Yes additction is an issue.

This question has no answer. THe virtual world, however you define it, affects different people in different ways. If you use it just for info, then no.

Answer 6

Just as the invention of the motor car caused the extinction of horses, the virtual world is surely destroying the real world.

What's that you say? There are still horses? Oh....

Answer 7

as somebody who frequents the digital world quite frequently, i must say it has its good and bad moments as everything does.
information is accessible faster than ever, people can communicate faster and easier, imaginations and passions can be shared and linked from across the world...
everything that the digital world has created has given us both a good and a bad thing, and in my mind at least the goods do outnumber the bads.

Answer 8

No, people have a choice, drooling over an image of a naked woman will get you nowhere. Get a life.

Answer 9

yes
Yes: because lots of people go online and chat and date on it coz they r too lazy or shy.

Answer 10

I love this question.