Slashdot Mirror

← Back to Stories (view on slashdot.org)

Is Tech Bringing Us Closer Together Instead of Allowing Us to Sprawl?

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the unless-you-enjoy-being-a-hermit-like-me dept.

A columnist for Wired has an interesting look at how telecommunications are actually making it more interesting to reside in populated areas instead of allowing the complete disregard for distance. "Technology makes it more fun and more profitable to live and work close to the people who matter most to your life and work. Harvard economist Ed Glaeser, an expert on city economies, argues that communications technology and face-to-face interactions are complements like salt and pepper, rather than substitutes like butter and margarine. Paradoxically, your cell phone, email, and Facebook networks are making it more attractive to meet people in the flesh."

6 of 138 comments (clear)

  1. That's because... by Paul+Pierce · · Score: 3, Funny

    All girls look hot in their Profile Pictures

  2. Wired? by Dr.+Evil · · Score: 2, Funny

    Are they still relevant?

    Can I filter out articles linking to them?

  3. Re:Tech can't let us sprawl by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 2, Funny

    I do live up in the air, you insensitive clod!

  4. Re:Absolutely by Laserwulf · · Score: 2, Funny

    I am a drunk college kid, you insensitive clod!

    Now who wants to play Halo 3?

    --
    "Make cyberlove, not cyberwar!" -Khaed(544779)
  5. Re:Absolutely by dmsuperman · · Score: 2, Funny

    The drunk college kids are the best kind. Who else would be willing to have a threesome with 2 random people (you and some other chick)?

    --
    :(){ :|:& };: Go!
  6. Re:That isn't all there is at all... by secretwhistle · · Score: 2, Funny

    The method you described, mindlessly pounding a rod into the earth, can produce a transient signal.
    Mindless rod-pounding has produced a lot more than that.