Re: Vonnegut & Video Games

[John Walter <walterj@xxxxxxx>]

On Tue, 27 Mar 2001, Jeana Rock wrote:

> I mean, I made
> connections with real people.  Spending time on the computer surely
> isolates you, unless you belong to a cool listserve like this.  What is
> the answer?  We certainly don't want to throw the baby out with the
> bathwater!           

	While you did include many social activities in your list of
post-school activities, the first item you mentioned was reading. And
so, (unfairly) latching on to that one item, let me ask: How is spending
time with a book any less isolating than spending time with a computer?
What makes reading good and computers isolating? (T.V. is, in new studies
declairing the isolating nature of the internet, a social activity, and it
is, or at least can be, when you think about it.)

	Some kids just like to spend time alone, which doesn't mean
they're anti-social or maladjusted. They are, after all, surrounded by
people all day at school.

John Walter
walterj@slu.edu

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