Sounds like ARTelevision's view a little. That the media takes the place of social interaction...very interesting. Of course then, you can boil that down to:
Technology advancements have demonstratedly taken the place of social dependencies that most consider basic human needs.
It just seems so obvious to me - yet we continue to allow it to happen. If everyone lost their air conditioner and TV, VCR, and DVD then we'd
have to sit on the porch and talk about life again.
On a side note though - think of the TFP. There's a technology that's being used for "good". When's the last time you had
this many people on your porch!
