I think it is a possibility. Instant gratification for your desires, no reality check, no moral compass such as friends telling you are out of order. Seek out other dysfunctional peers that can say that your wrongs are right....just walk away the second you don't like the interaction without consequences, lack of real human Physical contact. Yes it is the perfect set-up for a "Crazy Soup".
jarred1: Do you think we might go crazy or mad due to this time-consuming so called internet?
No doubt this has already taken place in more than a few billion occurrences. Just examine those individuals' subroutines and you will see many unstable algorithms intact.
Obstinance_Works: All of our virtual simulacrums of life contribute towards the autistic total, crazy isn't the right word.
This isn't to say that everyone is a social cripple now because of the internet and computer games, but they sure don't do anybody any favours. Once upon a time the internet was the sole reserve of the born social cripple.
But if nothing else the internet is making people incapable of dealing with being bored by offering a permanent distraction. Which is a terrible thing because this leads to impatience and it is when you're bored that your imagination thrives and you begin to develop as an individual. The irony is that without boredom Human Beings become boring.
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